Kennedy high grade growth rates

joejoe2000

I recorded the pops of some of the better date a couple months ago and compared them with today.

results
year 66/67 increase
74 1/0
74d 12/2
76 4/0
76d 5/0
82p 2/0
82d 2/0
83p 4/0
83d 3/0
84p 0/1
84d 2/0
89p 9/0
89d 7/1
90p 9/1
90d 8/1
91p 5/4
91d 2/0
97d 5/4
98p 13/17
02d 2/9


With the prices on these going wild many more people are seeing that it is worth submitting the halves.
I was suprised how big an increase some dates had while others had little change.
the difference between 74 and 74d seems interesting. 1982 and 84 seem to be maintaining there reps as tough dates.
98p doesn't seems like that big a deal anymore. The 91d seemed out of line as compared to the rest of 90/91.

Bear

joejoe2000 - Dont you just hate it when you post a thread and nobody wants to come to your party. You should further delve into the numbers by relating the retail values for MS-66 & MS-67 Kennedy Half Dollars. Where the price gap is the largest ,you will generally find the greatest increase in numbers in the lower grade. Crackouts my friend ,as people submit over and over to gain the big bucks,without turning in the insert slips to be deleted from population totals. Of course, their could be other reasons ,but it would be an interesting thread to list possible reasons for the numbers increase . Regards Bear

braddick

Other than the 98-P it appears many more MS66's will be made than MS67's even taking the percentage into play.
Remember, those that submit aren't hoping for a MS66 when they send these in. They really need to go MS67- so when you see the MS67 pop increase just slightly know that it isn't due to a lack of trying.

joejoe2000

Bear thanks for coming to the party. I just have fun trying to guess which dates are going to end up the hard ones. I started collecting
Kennedies before this site existed. I used to look at teletrade history to get an idea about the relative rarity kennedies. One of the fun things about moderns is that there is a lot of info that is not yet known. You can tell with a great amount of certianty how many walkers
there are in 66 and 67 because most have been looked at. The pricing of Kennedies is tricky because of the lack of info.

I think the pops for Kennedies are still pretty pure. Not many people play the crack out game with moderns but with the prices
the way they are it might be worth a gamble now. I was liking the years 90/91 in 66 but after looking the years 82/84/76 are looking very solid.

I have to agree with Braddick that the 66s will climb faster than the 67s. the 65s and 66s were ones that had a shot at 67 or
they wouldn't get submitted. It hasn't gotten to the point where 65s are contanly sent in tryring to make 66s.

GQ

So called "modern" issues of all coins seem hot now. I started collecting PCGS Jeffersons years ago because they where.....well...."cheap". I should of also jumped into Kennedys. I don't really see many "cheap" high grade Jeffersons or Kennedys floating around. Face it, very few collectors can put together a high grade Barber Half set or any of the other classic sets in the high grades we like. Years (I mean years) ago when we could work on our Whitman book with pocket change, "modern issues" still have that challenge and feeling of completion.

Can you see this years ago: "Tommy....quit playing with those new bank rolls of standing Liberty quarters and come down here and eat your supper....you are wasting your time"!

Have fun.....

Gary