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1987 D Mintage. 2,890,750.
Ngc. 5 MS 68. Pop=<1%. NH. 1,148 Ngc.
Pcgs. 6 MS 68. Pop=<1%. NH. 1,012 Pcgs.
Rarity Total. 11 MS 68. P=<1%. 2,150 by both service.
Sheldon Rarity Scale(SRS) R7, Prohibitively rare-one may be offered for sale once every few yrs..
Sheldon Rarity Scale-Expanded(SRS-E) R7-, 10-12 known.
Universal Rarity Scale(URS) URS 5, 9-16 known.
Pcgs Rarity Scale Numerical(PRSN 9.5, 10-12 known.
Pcgs Rarity Scale Descriptive(PRSD Ultra rare, 9.0-9.9, 25-2 known.
Registry points. 2,807 12/22
Cert# 6274925005 MS 68
Ngc 2,600.00. Pcgs 2,600.00
Mint State 68
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Coin has a sharp strike with full original luster, with no more than four, lightly-scattered, contact marks or flaws. No hairlines or scuff marks show. Copper coins have lustrous original color. Eye appeal is exceptional
MODERN-DAY COIN GRADING SCALE (PCGS)
Grade Explanation MS/PR-68
Mint State or Proof 68
Slight weakness in the strike; a few tiny imperfections, barely visible
Ngc grade explanation
68 - Mint State or Proof 68 - MS68, PR68
The coin has a sharp strike with full luster; its eye appeal is exceptional. Imperfections are few and barely visible.
Ngc 2,600. Pcgs NA
TN**** Ngc Article ****. .Dancing with Dates, Part Six Posted on 3/17/2009
This month, David W. Lange wraps up his look at 20th-century date styles with a focus on the Kennedy half dollar series.
numeral 1 features a prominent serif at either side of its base and a downward slanting serif at upper left, this ending in a distinct point at both its top and bottom. This same configuration has remained to the present day, but with some minor modifications along the way. The bicentennial coins featured a slight curvature to the upper serif. In 1983 a new hub appeared, and henceforth the numeral 1 was noticeably thicker, while its lower serifs had obvious fillets to them. These serifs nearly disappeared beginning with the coinage of 1992. The upper serif regained its 1976 curvature in 1987, only to lose it again in 1995.
By definition, numeral 6 is always an inverted 9, and this has been true of Kennedy half dollars. In 1966, 1986 and 1996, this figure’s loop was nearly but not quite closed. For the bicentennial edition, an entirely different style of date was employed, and this had a distinctly closed loop to the 6..
The numeral 8 is always the least interesting figure in the dates of 20th Century USA coins, and this is true also of the Kennedy half dollar series. Symmetrical, stacked circles, the upper one slightly smaller than the lower, characterize all 8s for this series. Only the thickness with which the figure is sculpted and its overall dimensions have varied slightly.
The numeral 7 has shown almost no variation over the years of this coin series. The leftward-slanted serif to the horizontal element employed for most years was squared off and pointed directly downward in 1987, in which year this numeral was also arched more than usual so that its base sat vertically rather than diagonally