1971 D Type 2 Kennedy Rim Question (81 P Pics Added)
Stew
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Could someone let me know the terminology for what is going
on with the rim on this Kennedy? so I can get her labeled and stored.
I know that I have seen this before and I have searched through
a few hundred old Kennedy threads and no luck
Just can't recall the name
Thank You
Stew
on with the rim on this Kennedy? so I can get her labeled and stored.
I know that I have seen this before and I have searched through
a few hundred old Kennedy threads and no luck
Just can't recall the name
Thank You
Stew
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what makes it a type 2?
<< <i>what makes it a type 2? >>
The Pick Up Points for the Type 2 are the "7" in the date has a wider horizontal bar than the thinner Type 1
The tips of the serifs on the "T" of Liberty have splits on the ends indicating doubling.
(This one in particular has split on the upper right serif of the "I" of Liberty)
The locks of hair coming up below the "R" of Liberty do not cover the right leg of the "R" in Liberty
But does on the Type 1
I was wondering about the serrations on the top edge like they got pressed into the top as well as the edge of the coin????
Stew
The Pick Up Points for the Type 2 are the "7" in the date has a wider horizontal bar than the thinner Type 1
The tips of the serifs on the "T" of Liberty have splits on the ends indicating doubling.
(This one in particular has split on the upper right serif of the "I" of Liberty)
The locks of hair coming up below the "R" of Liberty do not cover the right leg of the "R" in Liberty
But does on the Type 1
I was wondering about the serrations on the top edge like they got pressed into the top as well as the edge of the coin????
Stew>>
I didn't know folk still paid attention to these types 1 and 2. It also sounds like you have been reading my writings of almost 40 years ago.
These have a slight mention in Breen's encyclopedia, but he doesn't give them a separate number. I suspect I got the information to him after he assigned his numbers and he wasn't about to renumber the rest of the book. I now suspect something happened to the type 1 master and it was hastily replaced by a type 2 master. In 1973 the design reverted back to type 1 except they kept the new "7". I now would describe the type 1 "7" as having intersecting bars at the top end of the "7". The type 2 I would desribe as a serif.
Mr. Hicks,
You are absolutely right. when tying to search down what the die process name (Error in minting)is that causes those serrations on the obverse edge. A while back I ran across an old thread where you described diagnostics for the type one and type two 71 D Kennedy's.
I found it very interesting and have since found one type 1 and three type 2's in my own halves. I have always had a greater interest in the
coins of 1971 and 1972 due to the large amount of Eisenhower varieties in those two years and I find myself looking at all denominations
from those two years with a little bit more interest.
Thank You
Stew
<< <i>What was the cause of the rim indentations in the top photo? >>
That is what I was trying to figure out. I also have a
1981 P Kennedy half with the same thing on the rim
Stew
Thanks
Stew
Ed. S.
(EJS)
I was having a hard time remembering what that was called
I knew I had seen it before
Thanks
Stew
Stew, are they raised or incuse?
The marks are raised above the obverse of the rim
Sorry for the shot's should have taken them at an
angle instead of straight on.
I looked at the pictures after your last post
and see where they pictures could make them look incuse
Thanks
Stew