NGC Authenticates New 50c Kennedy Variety

F117ASR

Hello Everyone,

Not sure if this has been posted as the search features are a bit more difficult for me now. I apologize in advance if this is a repeat. But for my fellow Kennedy collectors, this is pretty cool news. It appears that it is a mint mark variety for the 1968-S Half is now recognized by NGC . Any news is good news as I love this series. Time to search if you may have one

The link to the article is below

http://www.coinnews.net/2017/03/24/ngc-authenticates-new-50c-kennedy-variety/

Best Regards,

-Stevo

koynekwest

Looks like it might be an inverted MM over a normal MM too.

toyz4geo

Neat variety

CaptHenway

Yeah, we spent a lot of time discussing that one. It is very interesting, and I am quite surprised that it took this long to be discovered.
TD

joeykoins

Very Hmmm?

ricko

Now I must add that to the list of 'snow day' things to check... ... Not likely I have one.....but could get lucky. Cheers, RickO

oih82w8

Until the CPG recognizes it...PCGS won't. Agreed, it does appear to be inverted.

DIMEMAN

I see that NGC doesn't charge the reholder fee like PCGS does on a coin that is attributed and already in a NGC holder.

PCGS could take a lesson here!

messydesk

@oih82w8 said:
Until the CPG recognizes it...PCGS won't. Agreed, it does appear to be inverted.

Not necessarily. They might put it in a "minor variety" holder with a V prefix on the coin number (V6804.67/serialno). Also, if Bill Fivaz has seen it and thinks it's neat, chances are it'll end up in the CPG.

CaptHenway

@messydesk said:

@oih82w8 said:
Until the CPG recognizes it...PCGS won't. Agreed, it does appear to be inverted.

Not necessarily. They might put it in a "minor variety" holder with a V prefix on the coin number (V6804.67/serialno). Also, if Bill Fivaz has seen it and thinks it's neat, chances are it'll end up in the CPG.

Bill was one of the people in the roundtable. I would say it has a good chance of making the CPG.

19Lyds

@CaptHenway said:

@messydesk said:

@oih82w8 said:
Until the CPG recognizes it...PCGS won't. Agreed, it does appear to be inverted.

Not necessarily. They might put it in a "minor variety" holder with a V prefix on the coin number (V6804.67/serialno). Also, if Bill Fivaz has seen it and thinks it's neat, chances are it'll end up in the CPG.

Bill was one of the people in the roundtable. I would say it has a good chance of making the CPG.

What is MOST interesting about the mintmark is that the Typical "S" Mintmark has a Serif on the top of the S and a Ball at the bottom of the S.

This one appears to have a serif at both ends!

PCGS has only 20 of the Inverted MM graded which, IMO, is an indicator of rarity and this particular MM could easily be confused as an Inverted Mintmark.

joeykoins

Whoever named it "Knob S" was quite precise. On the top of the S, there appears to be just that, a knob. As to the inverted S Variety, it is missing that knob. Clearly two different varieties.

1630Boston

Thanks for the education

asheland

Very cool!

Eric_Babula

Now I have to go back and check all my Kennedy's again?! Yay! What fun! So, any bets on what kind of premium this variety might hold? Of course, mine are all circulated, so even if I have one, it's prolly not gonna amount to anything. But, will be fun to look at them, and hope!

ricko

Checked my '68S Kennedy's.... no luck... However, I found a sheet of Proof Kennedy's I forgot I had.... was still in a box I had not opened since my cross country move in 2008. Found treasures... Cheers, RickO

kranky

That is very cool. Who knows what else is still out there waiting to be discovered!

ianrussell

It's great that new varieties are still being discovered after all these years...like the 1919 DDO Mercury Dime.

• Ian

F117ASR

Nothing here either. But like Ricko, got a pleasant surprise when I found a whole bunch of proof kennedy's I had forgotten about. Thanks!