Is this a A.H. Kennedy?

Placid

Got it.

LucyBop

A big YES!!!!!!!!

Placid

Thank you!

itsnotjustme

100% Yes

keets

......soitenly looks like it to me. i've been wrong before, though!!

al h.

DanC

Absolutely - without question.

TommyB

You mean the one I already bid on to put it into my watch list???

bartab

LucyBop

<< <i>Absolutely - without question >>



A LUCKY GUESS!

DanC

<< <i>A LUCKY GUESS! >>



Shoot.. at that photo angle, it may as well be a neon sign!

Placid

<< <i>You mean the one I already bid on to put it into my watch list???

bartab >>



Yes.

TommyB

Russ and Company have everybody looking for those now!!! I don't have as much patience as they do.

Placid

Hehe you should see how many pm's I have sent Russ asking if a coin is a A.H. and I still have yet to win one

DanC

You'll get there Placid.

AH is weird. I couldn't tell for the longest time, then all of a sudden it hits you - and you'll never miss another.

I even pointed one out to Russ at the coin show Saturday that he didn't see!
He of course bought it.

Russ

Hey! I'm not seeing any Accented Hair here!

Russ, NCNE

ClarkOfKent

Me, neither!

Placid

I e-mailed the seller and asked if the set in the picture was the one he is selling and he said "I have several of them and picked one at random".

Can you say bid retraction

Russ

Placid,

Yeah, Joe listed a single coin a while back, same thing. I told him he might want to note in the auction that it wasn't the actual coin being sold since it was an AH. He pulled the auction.

Oh yeah, did I mention I found the auction?

Russ, NCNE

Placid

Well I think I will just try to find one already graded.
Last thing I need is to think I won one and then get a regular one because the picture was just a example.

caroljo

Placid - what's an A.H.? I'm new at this and have alot of Kennedy's - so I'm just curious!!!

Placid

Accented Hair variety of the 1964 proof.

Russ has a site here with some pictures but they are so closeup its kind of hard to tell when comparing with other pictures.

A.H. comparison

RGL

Let's see how well I have learned my lessons. AH stands for Accented Hair. The earliest 1964 JFK proofs featured accented hair in the region above JFK's ear on the portrait. But, Jackie objected and the Mint toned down the hair. About 40,000 to 80,000 of the '64 proofs are AH. The diagnostics are a wishbone or W shape above the ear, with the hair noticeably more "accented" than a normal proof. The lower left serif of the I in LIBERTY is truncated, but full on the normal proof. On the AH reverse, a few of the rays are interrupted by the stars and there is NO serif on the G in FG, Frank Gasparro, the designer's initials. I recently snuck my first by Russ, as well. How did I do, Russ?

Edited to add "NO" in front fo serif on FG, thanks to my proof reader, Russ

Russ

<< <i>and there is serif on the G in FG >>



Did you mean "no" serif? If so, you're right on the money in your description.

Russ, NCNE

RGL

OK, Russ ... I've proven, thanks to you and others, I have learned something about a series I do not collect. Now, for your test ... which early Jeff proof is most susceptible to pitting on the jaw due to inadequate strike to move enough metal to fill out this high point? Nickel is harder than silver, so harder to find a good strike, particularly on this date. A full jaw on this coin is desirable and worthy of a premium, although specialists never have to pay it because few others know ...

Russ

Elifino.

Russ, NCNE

RGL

I believe that, Russ, to be Italian for nolo contendre - Latin for no contest.

The answer is: 1950 ... you have a nicer than typical coin, without a premium, if you find this Jeff proof without pitting on the jaw. Coins can and are graded the same with and without this shortcoming on this date.

DHeath

Thanks for the insight RGL. Now I've learned something.