I sure wish they would have been using matched die pairs back in '64.

Russ

So, I get a small batch of 1964 sets in today (5), and all the halves have nicely cameo'd reverses - with brilliant obverses. All the nickels look like this:



With, of course, brilliant reverses. Oh well, I guess it was worth the little rush I got when first glancing at the coins through the celo.

Russ, NCNE

cladking

Wow! Beautiful. Shame about the reverse.

DHeath

It is a shame, but imagine how they'd look in a whitman. After a few years, the reverses will be beautiful too, just not cameo.

braddick

If two sided CAMs and DCAMs were common they wouldn't be as fun to collect.
Part of collecting anything is the scarcity of the item. Two sided 1964 coins with full CAMs are scarce (collectible).

For example, if the AH Kennedy was the common variety and the regular hair was scarce, I imagine you would have shifted your collecting priority to those.

CarlWohlforth

I certainly would have gotten a thrill if I saw that Jefferson obverse before seeing a brillant reverse. No doubt NGC would give a star to it.