1972D Kennedy

[Shleppodella1]

There's heavy die abraiding above WE TRUST and there's a die gouge on reverse and a triangle chip by T in LIBERTY along with a die crack on upper T-bar. The mintmark has a mark on upper sherif and lower loop. Die chip on lower bust. Don't see a listing for this one on variety-vista other than 001, which this ain't it. T in STATES has either a strike thru or PMD.

[Silver Spicoli]

It gets frustrating, all of the searching. You find a coin, do all of the research and you end with a maybe. The T looks like a gouge to me. I'm no expert. Nice coin though.

[occnumis2021]

It gets frustrating, all of the searching. You find a coin, do all of the research and you end with a maybe. The T looks like a gouge to me. I'm no expert. Nice coin though.

fwiw, ikes and kennedys are harder. there are specialty books with tons of diagnostics out there. i get the impression few entering numismatics these days have many appropriate publications. (there are a lot out there to be fair and they aren't really inexpensive)

the avail sites will get us like 99% of the way there with experience though.

NNP has a ton of publications/periodicals etc on it but it takes a while to learn how to navigate that site.

[MintErrors]

It gets frustrating, all of the searching. You find a coin, do all of the research and you end with a maybe. The T looks like a gouge to me. I'm no expert. Nice coin though.

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In my opinion, people have to remember that the old way coins were minted ended in the late 1980s. After that no more RPMs were made and doubled dies are far and few. I tell people if the want to have better luck finding varieties one could search the years of the denomination they like that had quite a few varieties. Mint sets can be looked at as well.

In the past 35 or so years, a lot of coins have been picked through or hoarded if they were copper/bronze. It is a hobby many find relaxing, frustrating and occasionally rewarding.

People can purchase bu rolls from dealers that do not sell varieties of any type, or find a source that's a non dealer, selling items non coin related with a sprinkle of rolls thrown in on occasion. The prices might be higher , but the odds might be better.

People can attend coin shows. Do not tell them your looking for varieties, unless you have questions about coins. Otherwise they may consider you a "cherry picker", looking to find a jackpot within their inventory. You can look that their coins, especially if in binders.

It takes time and a keen eye to spot raw and slabbed varieties in dealer cases. Just take some time and relax. If a dealer sells varieties, then any rolls may have already been searched. Some dealers may not even care about varieties.

It depends on the quality of the coins, as the higher grades normally fetch more value. It all boils down to accepting the budget, risk, cost and time.

[Silver Spicoli]

Shlepodella1, I am sorry if I offended you or anyone else on the site. Keep on searching!

[Shleppodella1]

I don't believe you offended anyone per se especially maw. Opinions & knowledge are welcome but other BS must be checked at the door please.
And as far as the T it looks like POSSOSSIBLE strike thru or a gouge so, that's why I posted it because I'm still "green" but close calls like this one are what this is forum is for I thought BUT it is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to do your homework 1st so as NOT to totally waste these folks time who have been doing this for decades some of "our green question(s)" can be answered in this way. Plus it builds our skills in knowing where to look up this stuff. Just sayin'......[please correct me if I'm wrong guys/gals]