1966 Variety WWHO-003

Description

A doubled working hub obverse variety, the 1966 Kennedy Half Dollar WWHO-003 displays very close tripling spread towards the center on the date, IN GOD WE TRUST, and the Y of LIBERTY. Unlike doubled die varieties that originate from a single die, working hub doubling occurs during the hub-to-die transfer process and can appear on multiple working dies produced from the same affected hub — meaning the die markers will vary across different working dies struck from this hub. Attributed by the Wexler Team with no known cross-references, WWHO-003 is notable for exhibiting tripling rather than simple doubling, indicating the hub impressed into the die at three slightly different positions. The 1966 Kennedy Half Dollar was produced without a mint mark during the period when the Mint suppressed mint marks (1965-1967) to discourage hoarding. Gilroy Roberts' Kennedy portrait and the strong lettering of IN GOD WE TRUST provide ideal surfaces for detecting the close centripetal spread characteristic of this hub variety.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Various individuals Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1966 50¢ WWHO-003
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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