Kennedy Half Dollars - POLL

Dentuck · June 24, 2008 1:52AM

Found an old receipt for a roll of BU's the other day.... they used to sell for a song.

jmski52 · June 24, 2008 4:41AM

I think that Kennedy Halves are coming into their own as a desirable and collectable set.

curly · June 24, 2008 4:44AM

I voted accumulation. If I pick up a '64 or a 40% I save it, otherwise no.

ricko · June 24, 2008 4:44AM

I have a full uncirc set... and all proofs... extras in slabs and mint issued sets. A few extra Accented Hair pieces. I have just taken the opportunity to assemble the entire set while they are still relatively cheap.... down the road, I do think, these will increase in value. Right now, the prize, top deep cameos command top dollar. As collectors come back to the hobby (after initially entering work force, sowing wild oats, earning a living, starting a family etc) the series will appeal to them since they knew it from their childhood. Cheers, RickO

Morganmanic · June 24, 2008 4:47AM

My Dansco is almost complete with Uncirculated and Proofs along with later date silver Kennedy's. I am almost done with album. I have grown to appreciate them as a set.

Preussen · June 24, 2008 4:52AM

Kennedy Half Dollars? When did they start minting them?

Actually, I guess I have 1 or 2 in my 7070 set. -Preussen

Casman · June 24, 2008 5:02AM

No option for I have thousands of them...

Russ · June 24, 2008 5:04AM

Kennedys from 1971 forward are excellent to collect. From 1964 to 1970 they're just crap and a waste of money.

Russ, NCNE

Dentuck · June 24, 2008 10:58PM

Russ, you'll have to expand on that intriguing comment!

mhammerman · June 24, 2008 11:03PM

I've been working on a circ Dansco set. It's kind of a fun thing to do when I don't have any bullets for my core collection. It's fun to go to a show with my upgrade/missing list and work on it or go to the bank and get a few rolls to pick through just to see if maybe I could find a couple. You can have pretty much fun for a $20 bill. Kennedys are pretty fun and the nice thing is that once the book is full, you can go and upgrade the lesser ones till you have something that's pretty good looking.

Casman · June 24, 2008 11:12PM

<< Kennedys from 1971 forward are excellent to collect. From 1964 to 1970 they're just crap and a waste of money.

Russ, NCNE >>

Shoot it figures, most of mine are 64-70 and I had thought they were the good ones, oh well my bank will take em.

Oldtrader3 · June 24, 2008 11:45PM

I have all but the 1979-2007 business strikes in a Dansco. Additionally, I have business strikes, silver coins and proofs from 1964 through 1978 in a Capital holder which protects them better than a Dansco with it's slides. Most of the coins are from mint sets and are MS64/65. The proofs are better and grade from PR67 to PR69DCAM with most being higher grades. Plus, the silver 1998 SP (in SP69) and all the original silver proof sets from 1992.

TAClough · June 25, 2008 12:12AM

<< Kennedys from 1971 forward are excellent to collect. From 1964 to 1970 they're just crap and a waste of money.

Russ, NCNE >>

Don't waste your time or money on any of them!

They are all "modern crap"

I noticed that there wasn't an option to vote for: Collect by CONECA die variety numbers.

Russ · June 25, 2008 12:22AM

<< I noticed that there wasn't an option to vote for: Collect by CONECA die variety numbers. >>

Yeah, he should add "I'm a major geek" to the list.

Russ, NCNE

TAClough · June 25, 2008 12:34AM

<< 

<< I noticed that there wasn't an option to vote for: Collect by CONECA die variety numbers. >>

Yeah, he should add "I'm a major geek" to the list.

Russ, NCNE >>

Russ,

My twelve year old wants to know what you meant by that?

EDIT TO ADD: I told him that I thought you were calling him a "geek"

MBAgold · June 25, 2008 6:49AM

<< I voted accumulation. If I pick up a '64 or a 40% I save it, otherwise no. >>

same here

SilverEagles92 · June 25, 2008 6:49AM

Yeah, where's the "only for Type" option?

21Walker · June 25, 2008 7:10AM

My Dansco is complete to date, added an extra page at the end to put the burnished halves from mint sets in.........Rick

Edited to say satin finished..........

halfnut · June 25, 2008 7:15AM

I would never collect them --- bad bad coin that will never have a growth potential

Dan

Dentuck · June 25, 2008 10:46AM

I would imagine that nearly every coin collector has at least one '64 Kennedy in his/her collection.

BillyKingsley · June 25, 2008 10:57AM

Halves are the big missing hole in my collection (well, probably the biggest-there are lots, EG I have no Ike dollars and no Franklin halves) I have a handfull, most of them from 64-74. I have one from 1990, 1992, 1993 and I KNOW I have a late 80s one somewhere, but I can't find it. I got it a couple years ago when I wasn't really collecting, so I know I saved it but I don't know where.

I'm shortly going to go to the bank and get a roll and keep the best of each variety for my collection, and spend the duplicates. I plan to keep doing that until I have a complete set.

LindeDad · June 25, 2008 11:30AM

Modern Crap who would waste there time on them.

lope208 · June 25, 2008 11:58AM

I'm trying to spend the $500 box I searched recently...

Oh, I went to my buddy's bachelor party last weekend.

You guys were spot on about the dollar coins being difficult to...
um...well you know. There could be a 12 yr old reading here

Good thing I had a big stack of dirty dollar bills.

TwoSides2aCoin · June 25, 2008 12:04PM

Only the Susan B Anthony is more dreaded in my collection. But, I'm a Kennedy collector, too

I have the 70D in the mint set and for some reason , I just can't bring myself to putting it in the Whitman.

It's odd, but I have struggled with tearing that one out of the cellophane. No other coin in a mint package has done this to me regarding filling Whitman folders except the 70 D.

Franklinwho · June 25, 2008 12:20PM

<< I'm trying to spend the $500 box I searched recently...

Oh, I went to my buddy's bachelor party last weekend.

You guys were spot on about the dollar coins being difficult to...
um...well you know. There could be a 12 yr old reading here

Good thing I had a big stack of dirty dollar bills. >>

Now thats funny

bsb · June 25, 2008 1:06PM

weresteve · June 25, 2008 6:00PM

From 1964 to 1970 they're just crap and a waste of money.

Only in lower grades ...

jobiwan115 · June 25, 2008 7:39PM

Collect, but not actively. I've got a Dansco that's almost full through 2007, but my true fever lies elsewhere (see sigline)

halfhunter · June 25, 2008 8:40PM

I voted accumulation. I have a complete roll set, all possible OBW or Mint Wrapped except for 3 dates (in OBW) that I'm still searching for. It's been a real challenge to find some of these dates that are true OBWs.
Have most of another roll set tubed and 2 rolls + ea. of '70-D & '87-P&D, a roll of '76 BU Silver, all of the satin MS Kennedys in rolls etc. etc. Have more '64-'69 OBW & tubed rolls than I care to count, and always looking more.
Yep, I'm Kennedy poor . . . But someday these things are going to take off & I'll be sitting pretty!

BTW, If anyone has an OBW roll of '77-D, '78-P, or '80-P for sale, please PM me! These are the three I still need to complete the OBW set.

Regards, John

Kennedy Half Dollars - POLL

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