Weighted Kennedy Sets to be posted in MidMayWhat is the consensus

Bear

What is the consensus, will posting of the weighted sets have any impact on the Pr and MS Kennedy half sets? Will the coins in high grade become even less available or will the price of coins increase? Do you think the weighting of Kennedy Half dollars will be similar to the Washington Quarters especially in PR? Regards Bear.

braddick

I can't believe weighing this series, as least for the MintState coins, should be difficult. The 65; 66; 67 regular strike issues are scarce along with possibly some of the "P" mints (early 70's) in MS67.
Other than that I wouldn't state ANY Kennedy is "rare".
The only reason my set isn't of a higher grade (yet) is funding- NOT the lack of availability of coin! I've had to pass on some terrific upgrades in the last six months only because the cash wasn't there.
The cool deal with the Kennedies though is if you take a pass on a coin- another will be available in the not too distant future.

Bcsican

I have to agree with Pat on this series, not only are none of these MS Kennedys rare, many are becomming more common. Rare in high grades like the 1966 MS 68 but( pop 1) very common in almost every year. And like Pat has pointed out the only thing that can prevent anyone from putting a nice set together is the prices are rising only missing a few years with low pops and high grades.

Pat might have passed but like he said you wait and the same year will show up sooner or later, There are only 25 registered sets in MS Kennedys, but many of these coins have pops of 40 coins and rising in MS 67. Even the newer years much more than before you see MS 68 coins.......I dont think it needs to be weighted.

DHeath

The proofs should be weighted, maybe something like this:

1964 AH DCAM +1
1965 SMS DCAM + 1
1966 SMS DCAM + 1

The only MS coin I'd weight would be the 98 Matte Proof at +1. It's a common enough coin, but it does have a relatively small mintage and is fairly pricey.

keithdagen

Considering the changing populations, I would bet that PCGS does not really do much to weight these yet. They did that with Washington quarters. The set is weighted, but everything gets a 1 or a 2.

Currently, I think that everything could go on about a 4 point scale. 1964's, 65, 66, 69-D, 71-P, 74-P, 76 P & D, and a few 80's and 90's keys get 4 points, along with the 98-S. 70-D, 76-S, and several of the 70's pieces get 3 points. 67, 68-D, and most of the 80's 2 points. Late 90's 1 point.

Keith

braddick

Keith- No way would I give 1964's four points! That's too many for a common date. Other than MS67's these are beyond common in MS66 and lower. I like the rest of your logic though.

keithdagen

Only reason for the 64's getting the max points would be that the there are enough 67's that they will assume that 67 is the one that they should compare prices with the rest. Even though there are about 30 on the population books, I would bet that at least 25% of those are crackouts hoping for 68, and many of these are not in Kennedy Registry's. The 64 half is required in all of the 20th Century sets, the Modern Type sets, and the 1792-1964 Complete set and 1792-1964 CSN set.

Keith

egsantos

In my oppinion the Proof set need different weight to both 1964 and 1971.
The SMS can be excluded of the regular set and be part of a set with variety, as it is not a really Proof.

Edson