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wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 05/12/2009 12:58 am ...that the portrait of JFK on the more recent halves (1995 on I guess) are smaller than the ones from the 70s and 80s? Also, I had a 1995 (can't remember since I deposited it) that had the date with a flatter and wider text compared to older issues. Also, I see that a lot of 1970s halves have sort of a wider rim than the recent ones... Just seeing if I'm not going crazy... Report this Post to the Staff

meckl9 Valued Member United States 326 Posts	Posted 05/12/2009 01:11 am I have definitely noticed the wider rim. Report this Post to the Staff
Elimist Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 05/12/2009 01:53 am Common for the designs on coins to change subtley over time, or even change every single year, such as with cents. Report this Post to the Staff
Gothic Florin Pillar of the Community United States 2541 Posts	Posted 05/12/2009 8:46 pm The Red Book mentioned that Kennedy half dollars have had many subtle changes over the years. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 05/12/2009 10:38 pm I wonder if there are two different varieties for the year that the switch occured? -XoG Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/13/2009 2:02 pm You are VERY unlikely to find a year that has two varieties on the obverse after 1982 (That is the last year I can think of it occurring.) because the master hubs are mad up the year before with the date and everything on them. There would have to be a mid year change in the design and new Master Hubs made. Now on the other hand a changeover on the reverse is definitely possible because left over reverse dies from the previous year/type could be used in the following year. A recent example being the 2008W with reverse of 2007 ASE. Not realizing the reverse had been changed some of the leftover 2007 reverses were used in 2008. Report this Post to the Staff
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