low mintage kennedy halfs

I agree with you, unless you include the 1964 SMS which some do and some don't. The 1998 SMS mintage was about 62,100 sets if I recall correctly.

 

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dont forget to add those uncirculated sets - those are not added to the production mintage

example 2003 P & D Mintage is 2,500,000 for business strikes plus add the uncirculates sets sold 1,001,532

total halves the us mint made that year 3,501,532. thats roughly 1/3 more for that year alone

i would guess the uncirculated sets account for a good portion of these years. does anyone have the mintages for uncirculates set for 2007,2008 and 2009 ?? Snowman

 

I maybe wrong, but I thought the coins in uncirculated sets after 2004 are satin finish, while the half in rolls are regular finish?

 

Is this the low mintage Kennedy?
I've seen some of these 1998-S coins graded as "MS" and others as "SP".
Does anyone know the difference?

 

Here is one of the "MS" graded 1998-S's

Also does anyone know the original selling price from the USMint back in 1998 (just curious)

 

PCGS used to grade the SMS coins (1964, 1965-67, 1998) with normal MSXX grades. For the past couple of years now they have switched to SP for Special Strike.

 

You are correct! And the regular finish coins grade for grade are much more elusive (in certified high grades) than the Satin Finish coins. Check the PCGS Price Guide and Population Reports.

 

Yes, these are the lowest mintage Kennedys. I think the original price was about $50-60, it was sold with the RFK dollar.

 

If there's ever demand for nice choice and gemmy half dollars people are going to be surprised by a lot of these coins. A lot of dates are common in nice shape but many more are not. It just wouldn't take much demand to stand this set on its ear. We've already seen what a very little demand does to the highest grades. In many ways the price changes for the lower grades will be even more dramatic since these coins often exist in higher relative numbers. In other words many current collectors have MS-65's that would be affected but few had the MS-67's that have already been affected. The total value of all the MS-65's might greatly exceed the total value of all the MS-67's. As it is now some of these gems are worth only a few dollars despite being quite uncommon.

 

I am still confused.

So there were two types of halves issued in 1998 in Special Mint Sets ... regular Mint State coins and Specimen coins ?

How can a collector tell the difference (other than sending it to PCGS)

Did the US Mint sell two separate silver SMS coins (one as a "specimen" and one as a regular "mint state")?

Are all of these 1998-S SMS coins from the 2 coin set sold by the mint containing the kennedy half and kennedy dollar?

 

The only way to get the SMS kennedy is from the 2 coin set. If it's not certified as SP, then it doesn't come from the 2 coin set. regular mint state coins are certified as MS..

 

Both of your coins came from the 2 coin set, PCGS labeled your as MS SMS, anytime you see SP or SMS, it means it's not regular mint state coin.

 

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It is the low minted Kennedy. PCGS used both designations, MS and/or SP to identify the Kennedy half dollars that came from the 2 coin set with his brother Robert. NGC, on the other hand, used only SP for the satin finished coin. The tell-tale labeling, used by PCGS is the three letters SMS (Special Mint Set). Both your coins are prized!
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Is this the low mintage Kennedy?
I've seen some of these 1998-S coins graded as "MS" and others as "SP".
Does anyone know the difference?

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I love that coin! Not many Kennedy collectors will have that one in their collection.

 

PCGS has merely changed the prefix from Mint State to SP which means Specimen strike.

 

I like the 98S SMS coin, I've been looking for a set at a reasonable price to get one of those...

 

that is the same coin that was posted in pg 2 of this thread.

 

I post this too many times
Silver Proof Kennedy half & Roosevelt dimes get no respect & are just over looked !
* but buy them now before the collecting community wakes up and reads the mintage numbers.
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