![]() ![]() Some early Lincoln Cents, Buffalo Nickels and Peace Dollars had Matte Proofs, but by the time Proof Sets started coming out in 1936, coins would return to the polished designs. The US Mint started using these unpolished dies on gold coins in 1908, but weren’t popular because people liked the polished proofs over these new dull looking ones. Instead of using polished dies, they would use unpolished dies and sandblasted them. Matte Proofs originated in Europe in the late 1800s. Kennedy was running for the Democratic Candidate for President, and Sirhan shot him because he said Kennedy was a supporter of Israel and once President was going to send bomber to bomb Palestinians. The Robert Kennedy Commemorative was released on the 30th anniversary of him being shot in 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy Commemorative Silver Dollar in a 2-coin set known as the Kennedy Collectors Set. It was only included with the Uncirculated Robert F. There were 73,000 of them minted at West Point, making it the 2nd rarest Kennedy Half Dollar,Īt only 62.500, the rarest one is the 1998 Matte Proof silver half dollar from the San Francisco mint. If you guessed it was the Gold 50th Anniversary Half Dollar from 2014, you’re close. So, What’s the Rarest Kennedy Half Dollar? That makes it rarer than the 1970-D I remember as a child. With just under 4,000,000 proof half dollars minted that year, the number of Accented Hair proofs minted ranges somewhere between 120,000 and 200,000. So, the mint thinned out the hair in that area and that was the way proofs would look until the late 1970s. President Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline, did not like how it looked and wanted it changed. The first 3 to 5 percent that were minted had accented hair above the ear. Shortly after that, I found out there was a rarity in the early proof 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars. In a way, it is rare, but it is the common error for the Kennedy Half Dollar collection. You definitely need to use magnification to see it. I won an auction from EBay back in the 1990s and got one certified by NGC in grade MS-64. It’s supposed to be most noticeable on the “RUS” in “TRUST”. Some 1974-D Kennedy Half Dollars have a doubled die on the obverse of the coin. So, there were only 2,150,000 1970-D Kennedy Half Dollars minted.Īs I got older, I learned of an error coin from 1974 which coincidentally was also from Denver. However, none of them were released in circulation and only ended up in the yearly Mint Set. 1970 was the last year that half dollar had 40% silver (not including the 1976 bicentennial) and Denver was the only mint branch to mint them. In fact, the Whitman folder I had for Kennedy Half Dollars had a covered hole in its spot with the note “Only in Mint Sets”. Nearly 2 million 2012-D Kennedy half dollars were struck, so why did this one sell for $1,116.25? : Lest one think that four-figure Kennedy half dollars are only early issues struck prior to the popularity of third-party grading, this 2012-D half dollar recently sold for a high price.Main Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Kennedy Half Dollars by Kevinīack in the beginning of my coin collecting experience, the rarest Kennedy Half Dollar was the 1970-D. Why a recently sold Kennedy half dollar is a registry collector’s dream coin : Kennedy copper-nickel clad half dollars occasionally show gorgeous multicolored toning that one would expect on 90 percent silver or 40 percent silver issues. Keep reading this Kennedy half dollar Market Analysis: 13 graded PCGS About Uncirculated 58 sold for $1,292.50. Most examples found are in lightly circulated condition and another example offered by Heritage on Sept. One offered as part of Heritage’s September Long Beach auctions graded Mint State 63 by PCGS brought $2,485.13. Kennedy, is still remembered on the annually produced half dollar struck in his honor since 1964. ![]() ![]() Kennedy half dollar : The shot heard around the world in 1963, a bullet from an assassin's weapon that ended the life of U.S. Stanton and Bill Fivaz’s current edition of the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins. Though the variety was discovered in the 1980s, relatively few have surfaced. The design element is likely missing because the dies were ground down at the U.S. On some 1972-D half dollars, these initials are missing. The FG refers to the initials of designer Frank Gasparro, normally found on the reverse below the right leg of the eagle. The 1972-D Kennedy half dollar “No FG” reverse variety has grown in popularity in recent years and examples can still be cherrypicked by sharp-eyed collectors. ![]()
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