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    1971 half dollar question?

    While looking through my 1971 proof sets I noticed there were two varieties. A common as in 5 of my 7 sets with type As and 2 not so common type B. I’m Just using type A and B as distinctions between the two. I don’t know if there is any official type assigned. I’m looking for information, thoughts or comments. See attached photos.

    - The I in “IN” has rounded corners on the type A, but notched corners in type B,
    - The I in “LIBERTY” has rounded corners on the type A, but notched corners in type B,
    - THE leg of the R in ‘’LIBERTY” is even or lower than the hair which curls over it in the type A, however the leg of the R is higher that the hair in the B.

    Tuebits
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    In James Wiles The Kennedy Half Dollar Book, and the CONECA Master Listings of Die Varieties, your Type A is referred to as Obverse Die Variety 002 (ODV-002) and your Type B is referred to as Obverse Die Variety 003 (ODV-003). Some call them a weak R and strong R varieties. There is series doubling on the ODV-003.

    Larry Nienaber

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      Thanks for the information. It was a new discovery for me, I'll add it to my data base as another thing to look for.

      Thanks again
      Tuebits

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      • #4
        As mentioned the Wiles E-books are good, along with the www.varietyvista.com website.

        NGC has a variety plus area at
        http://www.ngccoin.com/coin-varieties/

        PCGS has their varieties buried under the date tree of coin prices area;
        http://www.pcgs.com/prices/
        specifically;
        http://www.pcgs.com/prices/priceguid...dy+half+dollar

        For pcgs varieties, look to the far left column of the coin year, it should have a (+) sign that you can expand and see varieties.

        John Wexler has a side at www.doubleddie.com as well.

        Those are my quick-look references when I find die varieties and errors.
        Gary Kozera
        Website: https://MintErrors.org

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          My quick-look reference when it comes to die varieties, especially for Kennedy Half Dollars is the CONECA Master Listings of Die Varieties that James Wiles maintains on Variety Vista.

          http://www.varietyvista.com/CONECA%2...20Listings.htm

          Larry Nienaber

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