Owner Comments:
A STUDY OF NGC STAR DESIGNATIONS.
ONLY 1 OF THESE 2 COINS WON A STAR. CAN ANYONE GUESS WHICH ONE RATED A STAR?
IF YOU GUESSED THE COLORFUL TONER ON THE LEFT YOU WERE WRONG . THE TONER IS GRADED NGC MS65. THE COIN ON THE RIGHT IS GRADED NGC MS65 STAR BECAUSE OF IT'S PROOF-LIKE OBVERSE.
Coin #1 ( on the left ) -NGC MS65
KODACHROME KENNEDY..
A STAR WORTHY COIN . KIND OF A HEAD-SCRATCHER COIN-WHY NO STAR ON THIS HOLDER ?
ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE PRETTIEST KENNEDY HALF I HAVE EVER BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN. COIN IN HAND ALMOST GLOWS LIKE NEON THANKS TO THE UNDERLYING LUSTROUS SURFACES. GRATEFUL TO BE THE PRESENT CARETAKER OF THE COIN.
Coin #2- ( COIN ON THE RIGHT) NGC MS 65 * STAR. Extremely scarce grade for the early years of Kennedy BUSINESS STRIKE coins.
NICE PROOF-LIKE OBVERSE. All Kennedy half dollars with a proof-like surface are very rare prior to the year 1970.
NGC will sometimes award a Star to a business strike coin that possesses an extraordinarily reflective or proof-like obverse. In the same fashion NGC will give a Star to a one-sided Cameo coin in lieu of a full Cameo designation.