Also, this was in another set I just bought.

grabba · March 21, 2007 3:29AM

I just found this in a 1964 proof set. Not the Holy Grail but pretty damn good for a collector that usually gets the scraps left over.

As far as "unopened" proof sets go, I found this inside of an unopened proof set. All of the envelopes had wear and tear on them and kind of brittle so I know they have been sealed a long time.

Russ · March 21, 2007 3:32AM

<< As far as "unopened" proof sets go, I found this inside of an unopened proof set. >>

Yeah, I've also found dealer receipts inside "unopened" sets. Once I even found a clipping of a dealer's newspaper ad.

Russ, NCNE

TAClough · March 21, 2007 3:52AM

Were 1964 proof sets trading for $19 per set back in 1965?

Russ · March 21, 2007 4:15AM

<< Were 1964 proof sets trading for $19 per set back in 1965? >>

Only at dealers with the word "Vault" in their name.

Russ, NCNE

pb2y · March 21, 2007 4:18AM

halfhunter · March 21, 2007 4:24AM

I noticed on the dealer invoice that it read "pointed tail" proof set.
Anyone know what this is?

BTW beautiful Cameo.

Best regards,

John

PhillyJoe · March 21, 2007 4:32AM

Some dimes in the '64 proof sets had a pointed tail in the 9 and others were the blunt or rounded type. I'm sure Russ has a picture of the two side-by-side.

Pretty steep premium for sets that were selling for $2.10 the year before. Many ads in the Numismatist were selling them for $10-12 back then because of demand.

Joe

Russ · March 21, 2007 4:34AM

Russ, NCNE

N8 · March 21, 2007 5:33AM

There's nothing quite like a '64 DC JFK Proof...

Classof67 · March 21, 2007 6:17AM

<< 

<< Were 1964 proof sets trading for $19 per set back in 1965? >>

Only at dealers with the word "Vault" in their name.

Russ, NCNE >>

Yep, marketing is everything!

SanctionII · March 21, 2007 7:20AM

The two or three times over the past 7-8 years I have found 1964 proof sets with CAM of DCAM halves have been some of the best days in the hobby. Nothing the being rewarded with finding and acquiring on the cheap CAM or DCAM coins after spending hours looking through proof sets. A great example of the "Thrill of the hunt".

Very, very nice coin. Congrats own your pick up.

BTW, I have lived in Cal. for 28 years, both No. Cal. and So. Cal.. Where the heck is "Olive", California. I must admit I have never heard of it.

grabba · March 21, 2007 11:29AM

<< The two or three times over the past 7-8 years I have found 1964 proof sets with CAM of DCAM halves have been some of the best days in the hobby. Nothing the being rewarded with finding and acquiring on the cheap CAM or DCAM coins after spending hours looking through proof sets. A great example of the "Thrill of the hunt". >>

For sure. When I opened that set the Kennedy sort of just stood out even through the mint packaging that had turned sort of foggy from years gone by.

Finding something like this coin keeps me buying more.

Thanks all.

Edscoin · March 21, 2007 11:43AM

Very Nice Half.

I have been looking at 60's proof sets lately and haven't found a cameo anything.
On the Dime any premium for a pointed tail over a Blunt one?

grabba · March 21, 2007 11:46AM

<< Very Nice Half.

I have been looking at 60's proof sets lately and haven't found a cameo anything.
On the Dime any premium for a pointed tail over a Blunt one? >>

Thanks.

I have no idea about the premium on the pointed tail dime.

Animalkeeper · March 21, 2007 1:53PM

I paid twice normal cost for my 68 DCAM Pointed Nine but I don't know if that's fair or not. Had to have one, you know the drill.....

cladking · March 21, 2007 1:57PM

Russ; Didn't you once say that most of the pointed tail sets had the accented hair half?

grabba · March 21, 2007 2:02PM

<< Russ; Didn't you once say that most of the pointed tail sets had the accented hair half? >>

I thought so too but these were not.

mrpotatoheadd · March 21, 2007 2:10PM

<< BTW, I have lived in Cal. for 28 years, both No. Cal. and So. Cal.. Where the heck is "Olive", California. I must admit I have never heard of it. >>

Near Orange.

Olive

Welcome to Olive, California, an unincorporated community in Orange County, comprised of 61 single family residences nestled on a hill in the northern region of the city of Orange.

Founded circa 1812—the second oldest community in the county—Olive was once known as the Gateway City of Orange County in the 1920s due to its location between Riverside and the coastal cities.

Boothill40 · March 21, 2007 3:16PM

learn something new every day around this place, now I have to go and check which 9 each set has and sort my 64 proof sets accordingly for my own etification.

Myqqy · March 21, 2007 3:49PM

Not bad for a hairyhead! Have you thought of moving on to something with more style, like franklins?

grabba · March 22, 2007 4:04AM

<< Not bad for a hairyhead! Have you thought of moving on to something with more style, like franklins?

>>

WTF?

Mark · March 22, 2007 4:28AM

I was collecting back then. The pointed tail dimes were being pushed by some dealers. The dealer that sold those proof sets received about a $5 or $6 premium due to the dimes being pointed tails because typically a 64 proof set was around $12 to $15. Ironically, there was NO premium for cameo coins and there was NO premium for the AH Kennedies. Indeed, I didn't learn about AH halves until I resumed collecting in the early 1990s.

jmski52 · March 22, 2007 9:07AM

Very nice example, grabba! I like it.

Russ · March 22, 2007 9:51AM

<< Russ; Didn't you once say that most of the pointed tail sets had the accented hair half? >>

Most, but not all. The pointed nine was the first obverse die for the dime, just as the Accented Hair was the first obverse die for the half so they tend to come together. But, they were still using the first die for the dime for a while after the first die for the half.

Russ, NCNE

raycyca · March 22, 2007 3:28PM

VERY nice catch on the Kennedy. It sort of revives you when you get a ping instead of a clunk. Just like when you tap glass. The leaded/more valueable has a ping when you tap it with your finger. Ask Russ about "preserving" in before submitting. The mint had a rinse of some sort that seems, at least to me, to be more prevalent on the AH's than the normal Kennedy. If you soak it in acetone, then, rinse in distilled water, this might prevent those bad milk spots so unpopular on these coins and the silver ASEs currently. Ray

Also, this was in another set I just bought.

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