I noticed the Mint's website now lists coin production thru December 2006, at http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_min...roduction_figures&allCoinsYear=2006#starthere I don't know if this is a final official total, but does anyone think the 2006 Kennedy Halves might be more collectible with those mintages, especially 2 million even for the Denver half? That's a little on the low side, even for recent years.
Answering my own question, I would think the lower-than average mintage would help their value, but in this day and age of commems and bullion coins selling in the thousands, 2 million now seems large. Yet, when I was collecting as a kid, the 2,150,000 mintage for the 1970-D half seemed miniscule.
All true, BUT, these weren't released for circulation, so that is 2 mil ih the hands of collectors. A more interesting question woul dbe, how many were Mint sets and how many business strikes? Maybe the business strikes will be rare.
Weren't what released for circulation - the 2006 halves ? If that's what you are asking, no they weren't. The Kennedy half has not been released for circulation since 2001. The business strikes that were issued since then have only been sold to collectors or dealers directly by the mint.
what was the mintage for the satin fininsh and what was the mintage for business strikes i believe thats what were trying to figure out
As I said in another thread - right now nobody knows because final mintage figures have not been released by the mint.
The figure on the mint site is most likely the business strike figures and do not include the mint set coins.
if you add up all the sales figures from Numismatic News, including the mint set figures - the number is still well under what is listed on the mint's site. And the mint is still selling the stuff, so as long that goes on, the final numbers are subject to change.
