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Finding ms-66 Kennedys in circulation
taxbuster1040
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For those of you who go to the bank and get lots of kennedy rolls, like I do, how many of you have found ms-65 and ms-66's? Have you ever found one in a bank roll, submitted it to Pcgs and got it graded ms-66? I have a couple that i have submitted to Anacs and got the ms-65 and ms-66 grade, but I don't believe that they would grade ms-66 at pcgs(mostly out of what I read from the "higher standard of grading at pcgs). For purposes of this dicussion, lets leave out the Kennedys from the 90's, which seem easier to find in the higher grades and just talk about 1964-1989. When I look at the prices these sell for, it seems very few of them are worth grading if they come back ms-65. It is only the ms-66 and above that would pay to grade on kennedys. While your at it, can you verbally describe the difference between what you think differentiates an ms-65 kennedy and an ms-66 kennedy? I have bought some ms-66 kennedys in pcgs holders that I would swear are no different than the ms65 Anacs holdered ones.Thanks in advance for your input.
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but at least possible. Even now there are a lot from the '90's which have never
circulated so this may be the biggest reason these are easier.
Modern gems have always been very tough in circulation and this is part of the
reason so few were looking for them. Every year, despite sometimes intensive
search, I'd usually end up with no more than than several pieces that would be
true gems.
When you did find gems there would be more in the area. It was about equiv-
alent to looking for varieties. The gems would be made briefly by a new die
pair when it was fed good planchets and some would escape the mint without
much damage. These would turn up together somewhere. It's still the same really
except that with much more care and lower relief there is a much higher probability
of gems being made. Of course the newer ones are less likely to have extensive
wear and tear on them.