1966 Kennedy Half Doubled Die Obverse / DDO -005 ?

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uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 11:25 am Going again through my mint set I found a wile back these DDO and trying to match it I think it could be DDO-005 FS-101 , with a strong doubling in IN GOW WE TRUST , the face , neck , ear , initials and medium spread on L I and Y of LIBERTY also on the last 6 of the date , mine has a nice die scratch going between E and T of Trust but I couldn't find any reference of it on the ones listed http://www.varietyvista.com/12%20Ke...Author%20%7C Report this Post to the Staff

Dearborn Moderator United States 96214 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 12:28 pm outstanding DDO! very nice find uruman Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 2852 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 12:31 pm Looks like a match to me, very nice DDO. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74237 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 1:12 pm Looks good to me, nice find! Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188629 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 1:15 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6506 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 2:02 pm One point worth knowing: much of the doubling from 1965-1967 Kennedy half dollars is a combination of hub doubling and die doubling. Wexler does a good job of demonstrating the hub doubling. Variety Vista and CONECA listings for those coins can be confusing because they photograph both the hub and die doubling without distinguishing them. https://doubleddie.com/1141429.html I agree that your coin strongly resembles FS-101. I don't see the die scratch from the first T in Trust. Also, there appears to be a long die scratch from the U that seems like it would have been mentioned in a catalog listing. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6506 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 2:15 pm Just a thought: That little die gouge atop the L seems to correspond to the VV entry for FS-103. But with SMS coins, markers can appear and disappear with considerable frequency due to repeated die polishing. The scratch from the lip does not seem to match FS-103. Report this Post to the Staff
uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 3:08 pm Thank you Dearborn , coin rejector, EV , jbuck and Brandmeister thanks for the wexler's link Report this Post to the Staff
atrox001 Valued Member United States 311 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 4:19 pm Since you have the half dollar in hand, there is a lot you can see that you don't show in your photos. Compare the markers and photos on Variety Vista for the 66 BS DDO-005 and 66 SMS DDO-013. You will see your half does not match the DDO-005, but does match the DDO-013. Your half looks like it would be a SMS not a BS making it the DDO-013. Also it was said Wexler's site does a good job of demonstrating the hub doubling...and VV can be confusing. I think Wexler's site is confusing and very incomplete, and VV does a very good job showing doubled dies, when making a Kennedy attribution. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6506 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 5:01 pm atrox, I seem to recall from previous conversations that many of the Variety Vista CONECA DDO listings for 1966 are actually just specific die varieties of the three doubled hubs listed on Wexler. Is that not correct? I can see your point that the stripped out doubled die section on Wexler isn't that useful. But their hub doubling guide does allow one to look at the Variety Vista entries and separate out the die doubling features from the known doubled hubs. Report this Post to the Staff
uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 07/14/2025 8:40 pm atrox001 , I Thank you for your input , I stand corrected I went back and check again and I was able to find a faint die scratch coming off the lower lip , same as on stageB 1966 SMS ddo-013 FS-103 , but I can't see the die clash on the fore head Edited by uruman 07/15/2025 07:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
gigi2110 Pillar of the Community United States 1770 Posts	Posted 07/15/2025 12:26 pm Very nice DDO uruman! gigi2110 Report this Post to the Staff
atrox001 Valued Member United States 311 Posts	Posted 07/15/2025 1:02 pm uruman, your half dollar looks like a stage A or early-stage B before the clash happened. You need to look for the two light die gouges next to the rim SW from I of IN. That marker can be seen on Stages A and B of the DDO-013. Look at the photo on VV. Report this Post to the Staff
uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 07/15/2025 5:16 pm Atrox001 I did look for the die gouges and It doesn't have them ether , thanks Report this Post to the Staff
uruman Pillar of the Community United States 5193 Posts	Posted 07/15/2025 5:17 pm Thank you gigi Report this Post to the Staff
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1966 Kennedy Half DDO-005 ?