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Reverse Hub Trial for 1964-D Kennedy Half

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
Reverse Hub Trial for 1964-D Kennedy Half
<B>Reverse Hub Trial for 1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar, Pollock-3635, Judd-A-1964-2, AU55 Mint-Cancelled.</B></I> Copper, 28.7 gm. This interesting piece is a uniface reverse hub trial for a 1964 Kennedy half, struck in copper. The strike is off-center on an oversized (35.5-mm) 3.5-mm-thick planchet. There are two D mintmarks, one in the normal position, and one to the right of the eagle's tail. Probably struck to test various mintmark positions. The piece has numerous Mint-made cancellation indents, but it also shows little actual wear and some mint red in the incused, reversed devices. <B>A unique piece, this is the plate coin in the ninth edition of Judd. <BR> </B></I>In the September 1989 Bowers and Merena catalog, the following comments were added:<BR><BR>"... The design is virtually complete except for rays emanating from behind the eagle and the stars beneath the clouds.<BR><BR>"The ribbon carrying the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM is unfinished. As can be seen from the photos, the trial was defaced after striking, leading to the reasonable conclusion that the piece was discarded by the Mint as junk copper. The reverse is plain with some parallel mint-caused striations." <BR><BR> This is a fascinating piece sure to attract the attention of serious Kennedy half collectors. As previous catalogers have pointed out, there is certainly nothing else similar available on the numismatic market.<BR><I>Ex: Byron White; Bowers and Merena (9/1989), lot 2589; Bowers and Merena (11/1999), lot 2017, which realized $1,897.50. </B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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