1964 Accented Hair Kennedy Half Dollar NGC PF68 Brown Label

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1964 Accented Hair Kennedy Half Dollar NGC PF68 Brown Label

The 1964 Accented Hair Kennedy Half Dollar is a sought after early variety!

1964 Accented Hair JFK Half Dollar

Certified by NGC in a PF68 condition, this Kennedy half dollar from 1964 is featured in the standard Brown Label.

REVERSE: Frank Gasparro's adaptation of the Presidential seal is featured along with the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and HALF DOLLAR.

OBVERSE: Kennedy's portrait is featured along with LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and 1964.

Accented Hair Variety

Introduced in 1964 in the wake of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Kennedy Half Dollar quickly became a national tribute. As the Mint refined the design during its inaugural year, multiple obverse iterations emerged, with the Accented Hair among the earliest. Collectors value this subtype both for its relative scarcity and its connection to the coin’s first year of issue, making the 1964 Accented Hair Kennedy Half Dollar a compelling target within modern U.S. Proofs.

The Accented Hair variety appears on a portion of the 1964 Proof Kennedy Half Dollars and is distinguished by more pronounced hair detail above President Kennedy’s ear and along the forehead---hence the nickname. On many examples, a missing lower-left serif on the letter “I” in LIBERTY and an overall crisper, more textured portrait is an indicator of the variety.