1978 D Kennedy Half Dollar DDR

it looks like Machine Doubling to me as well. The letters are shadowed by flat, shelf-like doubling, all to the West, that reduces the size. If it were a true doubled die, you would see a rounded extension of the letter and notching at the serifs. The coin also has damage on the obverse that looks it's from a wrapping machine. The ring was most likely caused when the crimping jaws of the machine made contact with the surface as it rotated.

It's really interesting that the bar patron was using half dollars to buy his drinks! He must have been a lot lighter when he left the bar, $40 in half dollars would weigh about two pounds!

Were any of the coins silver or silver clad?

with Yokozuna





Never a bother. We are here to help! What you have here is Machine Doubling.

-CH27

Ok so MD is shelf like and is not separate of the doubling and DD you should see some type of separation and not shelf like?
He was in today at the bar with Susan's and I got a few from him. He laughed and said he is hunting silver and just goes to the bar with the "normals" instead of going back to the back.

Due to their size, half dollars are more prone to Machine Doubling. For some dates of the 1970s it's tougher to find an example without Machine Doubling.