Having researched bicentennial variety coins, I understand his conundrum. The Wexler catalog lists three
DDO for 1776-1976
Kennedy half dollars. All three entries consist of a title with no images or text. My assumption was that they were prior entries that might have been delisted and deleted, or perhaps placeholders for submissions that turned out to be MD/DDD under close inspection.
Much of the 1976 stuff on
ebay is, to put it bluntly, rubbish. The bicentennial coins seem to draw the goofiest listings for "error coins" and the magical trio of DDO-DDR-RPM.
Regarding die clashes specifically, I don't know about 1776-1976
Kennedy half dollars, but there are definitely clashes on drummer boy quarters. Given the huge volume of 50˘ coins struck, I would find it implausible that zero clashes made their way into circulation. Clashes still happen on current model coins all the time, and the Mint is not scrambling in a mad rush to get them out the door by a hard deadline.