1964 special mint set finish half dollar

I actually had one of those in my car when I was kid and bar hopping, filled with pea stones, same effect, just thankful I never had to use it. I could run faster than I could get the danged thing out of my pocket.

 

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Yeah? Well we DID use them. For tolls on the bridge over the Delaware River at Easton.

 

My sense of humor is fine, thank you, I definitely don't need your help. As to your Spaghetti Hair comment, I don't claim to know everything about coin collecting, but I never heard the term used to describe Washington Quarters.

My comment on silver proof coins was relevant, especially to a new collector. It simply means that after 1992 there were coins made of silver, but not for circulation, for collectors. I started buying Proof Sets again in 1992 just because they were 90% silver.

 

Fair 'nuff. I never stopped. I don't CARE if they're silver, never have, likely never will. For NO year has the silver set outsold the standard clad one, jus' sayin'. I buy both now, just as I always have. Got my clad 2018 quarter proofs today.

 

Good idea to buy the clad ones, you can walk into any coin shop and buy them for $5, and don't try to sell them they won't buy them.

 

I. Don't. Care. I almost never sell ANYTHING, but it never even occurred to me to want to sell a proof set. I hope you're aware that at least for several years, the 2008 clad set was listed at a higher price than the silver one on the secondary market. I haven't checked lately, but I assume that is no longer the case, but they're still probably close to each other.

Just so you know, most silver sets since 1992 can ALSO be had for under Original Issue Price, not just the clads.

 

Sorry I didn't post sooner, but i took the time to listen to the State of the Union Address. You have every right to collect what you like. If you like clad proof sets, then by all means collect them. I prefer silver ones, so when they came out I started getting them, BUT not from the mint. If you wait a few years, normally you can get Proof Sets on the secondary market for less than the mint charges. There are exceptions to this, 2012 comes to mind. My point is, silver sets contain silver, a precious metal as opposed to the clad sets. I was serious, there are several coin shops, in the area, that sell past clad sets for $5. Now if you plan on keeping yours, then that doesn't matter, I just hope you have someone that will carry on your collection after you pass on. If they decide to liquidate your collection, they will be disappointed by the value of the clad sets.

I just liquidated a coin collection for a family whose dad passed away. they were greatly disappointed by the money we were able to get. Unfortunately, he collected what he liked, but it was not worth very much.

 

Yah, thanks Mont, my 22-year-old son is even more into coins than I am. His ultimate collection will stand on the metaphorical shoulders of mine.

I am just self aware enough to realize that we don’t so much “own” our coins as sign up to be their curator.

By the way, my son never DID understand the precious metals fetish. He always found it bizarre. He didn’t grow up in the southwest either, as I didn’t. I suppose I can understand the local historical angle in New Mexico for residents there. My area’s historical angle is creating the U.S. government, so fiat currency as a perjorative term doesn’t fly here so much. The organization for which I work daily is the one that “lent its building” to the First and Second Continental Congresses to secede from one country and form another.

I, for example, view government as a fundamentally MORE essential element of money than silver or gold EVER was. If you read the economic history of the northeast, handling silver was never popular here. Paper currency was always preferred. I remember customers in my dad’s shop giving literal silver dollars given in change BACK and asking for $1 notes.

 

Kurt...in this thread you said you "still hold a few 1965 original rolls", I assume 40% silver Kennedy's. There is a CONECA listed 1965 BS DDO-007, see attached photo, that I believe an MS coin is the rarest and most valuable Kennedy half dollar in the series. I and others have been searching for this half for years since it was discovered. Maybe your original rolls contain some examples of this DDO, could you open and search for that DDO? I know several Kennedy variety collectors that would be very interested in obtaining one.
Larry Nienaber

 

Every one of my posts has been altered!!! Every stinking one!!!

 

The D is on the reverse to the left of the eagle's right leg.

 

It's proof fool.

 

When my dad was at Ft. Dix training for Korea, he had my grandma in Utah send him all of the silver dollars he could afford. He could sell them to the guys from the east coast for $2 each, making a 100% profit on each one before the small shipping charge. They'd never seen a silver dollar before.

 

You assume incorrectly. I hold original 1965 dime and quarter rolls. I do own a 1965 half dollar roll, but I cannot vouch for its originality. It’s a more recent purchase.