Just bought $500 face of '64 Kennedys and....

AUandAG

I have no clue what to look for in the way of varieties. Has anybody got a reference for
an online source such as "coppercoins.com" is for cents?

thanks,
bob

richardshipp

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hmmm.... died of a heart attack from carrying them, so you couldn't finish the post???

AUandAG

No, hit the damn enter by accident but have edited to finish!
bob

FLBuffaloHunter

<< <i>I have no clue what to look for in the way of varieties. Has anybody got a reference for
an online source such as "coppercoins.com" is for cents?

thanks,
bob >>


Are you saying you bought $500 of 1964 Kennedy's at face value? That would be 361 ounces of silver = $4,400

AUandAG

No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad).
bob

PocketEasyTreasures

Do you want to sell any? Below is on link I know of.

Kennedy Varieties

AUandAG

Well, keep watching and when I sell the board will have the first chance. May be a few years off. Thanks for
the lead.
bob

richardshipp

<< <i>No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad).
bob >>




Did he owe you money or something? 4x's face if they are all 64's is about half of what he could have gotten for them at almost any shop.

ziggy29

<< <i>No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad). >>

Only 4x face for 90% silver?

That sounds more like the going rate for the 40% silver.

JoshL

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<< <i>No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad).
bob >>




Did he owe you money or something? 4x's face if they are all 64's is about half of what he could have gotten for them at almost any shop. >>



So are you saying he should have told the guy that the shop down the street would give him more for his coins than he would?

AUandAG

He named the price and I told him the price was low but if that's what he wanted he could
have cash right then and there. He was super pleased with the cash and so was I with the
silver. He collected them from circulation and there are only 3 rolls of UNC coins.
bob

JoshL

<< <i>He named the price and I told him the price was low but if that's what he wanted he could
have cash right then and there. He was super pleased with the cash and so was I with the
silver. He collected them from circulation and there are only 3 rolls of UNC coins.
bob >>



Sounds like you got a good deal

richardshipp

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<< <i>No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad).
bob >>




Did he owe you money or something? 4x's face if they are all 64's is about half of what he could have gotten for them at almost any shop. >>



So are you saying he should have told the guy that the shop down the street would give him more for his coins than he would? >>




No, I believe I asked if the guy owed him any money, and then commented that the seller could have sold them elsewhere for double. If I would have said something like "Geez you should have told the guy that the shop down the street would give you more" then you would be correct.

FLBuffaloHunter

The Cherrypickser's Guide lists 11 varieties for the 1964 MS Kennedy. Mostly DDO & DDR and repunched 'D' mint mark varieties.

AUandAG

Thanks, I'll be looking carefully for DDOs and whatever else I can find.

The seller and I are the same age and have spoken several times over the past
year or so. He was well aware that he could get more. I don't know if he ever
contacted anyone else or not. He said that you have to leave some checkers on
the table or you won't have a game to play.

To me, that cinched the deal. Take some and leave some (profit that is) and
I was not about to get in a pissing match with a guy that want to sell his pocket
silver at his price. At this point, yes I have an instant profit if I sold. However,
I will be holding this till I retire in about 7 years. Who knows what the price of
silver will be then? Maybe I didn't do so well.
bob

FLBuffaloHunter

Pay close attention to the 'In God We Trust' this where most of the doubling and tripled and even quadrupled imaging occurs in the book varieties.

AUandAG

Will home in on the In God We Trust. Thanks,
bob

foundinrolls

click on my link at the bottom for askaboutcoins I have an article with pictures of what to look for on some Kennedy varieties.

Have Fun and Good Luck,

Bill

GrumpyEd

They don't have pictures but they have descriptions of the double dies and RPMs at the Coneca site:



Coneca listings

DJCoinz

Wow, nice deal. He must have done a heck of a lot of searching thru rolls. Do you know how long he'd been doing it? I've been searching rolls since May and so far have found 37 silver halves (includes 11 1964's, 3 WL's, and 1 Franklin ).

AUandAG

Thanks Grump!

That will help....now if I can just get someone else with young eyes to do the looking! Actually, I'll use
my QX5.

bob

AUandAG

Oh my, he got them out of his pocket back in '64. Yes, they were in circulation and he just saved them
and picked up the 3 rolls at the bank.
We all knew that the 64's were the last of the 90% silver coins. Silver dollars were actually in circulation
at that time too. I wish he'd have save them instead!

bob

JoshL

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<< <i>No, not quite, bought $500 worth of Kennedys (1,000 coins). Got them for $2.00 each or 4x face.
Guy wanted to unload as he was moving and didn't want to mess with the weight and has had my
number for over a year (from an old Newspaper ad).
bob >>




Did he owe you money or something? 4x's face if they are all 64's is about half of what he could have gotten for them at almost any shop. >>



So are you saying he should have told the guy that the shop down the street would give him more for his coins than he would? >>




No, I believe I asked if the guy owed him any money, and then commented that the seller could have sold them elsewhere for double. If I would have said something like "Geez you should have told the guy that the shop down the street would give you more" then you would be correct. >>



I see...I am so used to reading the "she should have or he should have done it this way" threads that I just figured that is where you were going.