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Re: Underrated Kennedy Half
"However, a spike in silver prices during the early 1960s led to the widespread hoarding of circulating silver coins – suddenly worth more for their silver content than their face value." T… (View Post)2 -
Re: Question on US Mint Uncirculated Coin Sets - non silver
I believe the 1987PD Kennedy halves were also mint-set-only coins. (View Post)2 -
Re: Resellers vs Collectors vs the Mint
Exactly! In fact, the Mint did this successfully with the 1998 Kennedy set (Robert Kennedy commem silver dollar and 1998-S silver unc. Kennedy half). $59.95. Two-week ordering period, minted to deman… (View Post)4 -
Is 30,000 really a low mintage?
Interesting factoid: Every P-mint 5 ounce silver quarter has a mintage of less than 30,000. "Common dates" sell for $130 and up, while the lowest-mintage (14,731) George Rogers Clark can be… (View Post)1 -
Re: Help me understand the new reverse proof frenzy
Later estimates were around 100,000 proof sets, with about 2 million uncirculated. As I recall, in 1964 prices reached $65 for the small date proof set and $450 for uncirculated rolls. In today'… (View Post)1
