Owner Comments:
NGC MS66 WITH ATTRACTIVE COLOR AND SYMMETRY.
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ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THIS SET WAS TO ASSEMBLE A COLLECTION OF COINS THAT WERE DIFFERENT AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THIS NICELY TONED GEM 1967 KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR IS SHOWN IN KEEPING WITH THAT GOAL . ENLARGE THE PHOTO OF THE OBVERSE SHOT TO SEE SOME NICE RAINBOW TONING, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIM.
BUSINESS STRIKES CAN BE SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND WITH ATTRACTIVE COLOR. MANY TONED 1967 COINS ARE DULL AND UNATTRACTIVE. EARTH TONES SEEM TO BE THE PREDOMINENT COLOR FOR TONED 1967 BUSINESS STIKE HALF DOLLARS.
THIS PARTICULAR COIN SHOWS MANY VIBRANT RAINBOW COLORS AROUND THE RIM THAT ARE NOT OFTEN SEEN ON A 1967 KENNEDY HALF. THE BAND OF COLOR TONING AROUND THE RIM HAS A NICE SYMMETRY. SOMEONE WHO HAS BETTER DESCRIPTIVE ABILITIES THAN MINE MIGHT DESCRIBE COLORS SUCH AS TEAL, FUSCHIA ,SEPIA, TANGERINE , SUNFLOWER YELLOW, EMERALD GREEN & MAGENTA .
I ENJOY STUDYING A COLORFUL TONED COIN IN NATURAL LIGHT WITH A LOOP OR MAGNIFYING GLASS. SOME OF THE COLORS CAN BE FASCINATING TO LOOK AT. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THIS PARTICULAR COIN'S SYMMETRICAL TONING DIDN'T GARNER A STAR DESIGNATION, BUT LIKELY PROPELLED IT INTO THE MS66 GRADE.
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SOME OF THE T.V. SHOWS WE USED TO WATCH ON OUR BLACK & WHITE SETS IN1967 WERE:
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, THE LUCY SHOW, BONANZA, GUNSMOKE, GREEN ACRES, THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES AND THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
IN 1967 WE STILL LISTENED TO AM RADIO AS WE DROVE DOWN THE ROAD IN OUR AUTOMOBILES. THE MUSCLE CAR ERA WAS COMING INTO FULL SWING NOW, PROBABLY PEAKING AROUND 1971 OR 1972. THE POPULAR SONGS OF 1967 ARE CONSIDERED GOLDEN OLDIES NOW. AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS INTRODUCED FM RADIOS INTO CARS BEGINNING IN 1963, BUT MOST OF US WOULD CLOSE OUT THE 1960s HAPPILY LISTENING TO AM RADIO. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING AN FM RADIO OR 8 TRACK PLAYER IN A CAR UNTIL THE EARLY 1970'S. MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.