Post your Kennedy Halves!!

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I am not sure I have ever seen better color on an SMS Kennedy ...

 

Just got the TrueView photo of the above coin back. This is much better than my amateur iPhone photo above!

 

Beautiful! How did you acquire it?

 

I bought it on eBay for an exorbitant price. What can I say, I wanted it. It broke a record for me for the biggest toning premium I've ever paid on a coin (50x, yikes). Guide price on a common "white" 1966 SP66 is $20 and I paid $999. Nutty yes, but probably not as buried in it as you might think -- as I bet I could get most or all of my money out to another nutty collector of toners. This kind of material makes me go ga-ga, but I'm weird I admit it. I definitely collect what I love and don't really care what others think and don't worry that much about big toning premiums if I can afford it.

Honestly looking at close up images of this coin, I think it could grade SP67 or SP67+ if I sent it back in for reconsideration. If I could get an SP67+ grade on it, the toning premium drops to only 12x (which seems more reasonable in terms of a multiplier).

Also, I meant to give a shout out to Robec, who birddogged this coin for me. He actually tried to buy it himself and made three offers to the seller but was turned down ... so he emailed me and told me to make a play.

A zoom-in on this coin really brings out a few fantastic features. Check out the blue elevation chromatics in Kennedy's hair (wow). And I love the colorful orange/raspberry flow lines around the rim (double wow). I think it might be one of the most beautiful PCGS-graded colorfully-toned Kennedy Half Dollars I've ever seen.

 

Wow WL

 

Here's one I forgot

 

Just received the results from NGC
0012014 PCLADHIGH RELIEF FIRST RELEASES50C SP 67
0022014 DCLADHIGH RELIEF FIRST RELEASES50C SP 67
0032014PBASEBALL HALL OF FAME S$1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO

 

SP Ngc got real picky grade wise
Monday Moody day grade ? Coin looks better than 67

 

I'm OK with the grades...maybe they were upset that they didn't get to go to the big show

 

Ok !!!
My set won't be graded not a one.

 

A few Kennedys other than the 2014... from a fellow CTer

 

LOWBALLS!

 

For some odd reason, the wife and I collect these when we find them.

 

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is there slot machine in your area? That what wear on them looks like if used in slot machine .

 

I go through so many, we we see a pocket piece we keep it, I have about 5 now...they are RARE.

 

Sorry but no .

 

Sorry but yes - I got through 2000-3000 halves a week and in 2 years I have found 5 or 6.

So yes , they are rare.

How many halves you go through a week?
edit: they are not worth anything granted....but they are not anywhere near common. I would know.

 

yes rarely seen in pocket change but federal banks have millions in bags. As stores do order them. That why unseen in change .