Amazing 1/2 Dollar Find -- What are the Kennedy Key Dates?

I got $70 in half dollars at the bank today, and what an amazing find! Two rolls were full of all 90% Kennedys, Franklins, and Walking Liberties!!

For the clad Kennedys, I'm saving one of each date that I don't already have.

Are there any key-date Kennedys I should hang on to, or are they just worth 50 cents (they're all in circulated to lightly circulated condition)?

P.S. It goes without saying that the silver Kennedys are worth hanging on to.

 

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Geat score,i got lucky about 2 months ago 3 20$ rolls,also 64 JFKs,franklins and walkers.
I know there are a couple of key date clad JFKs worth keeping (65-70 40% SILVER)and 2001 and newer.

 

cha-ching!

 

There were no silver-clad coins. Just 90% silver and 0% silver.

 

You might consider keeping lightly circulated halfs if they are nicely struck and damage free of dates like '86, '82, '83, and the early '90's Denver issues. Really there are several other dates you won't see nice very often. when it coincides with dates that are bad in mint sets and rolls then they might be a keeper. Perhaps '71, '73-D, '74, '77, and '78.

Again, I'm referring only to well made examples with a minimum of wear. Watch for the '74 DDO.

I wouldn't sit on a large numbers of these especially since you can still get nice uncs for very little premium in the mint sets. Everything you save becomes less valuable over time because of inflation so don't save it unless you're confident it's worth it.

 

What about the 40% that were minted from 1965-1969? I would also watch out for the 1970-D

Speedy

 

The 40%ers ARE the clads.

 

There were quite a few 1964 Kennedys in beautiful condition, the others had some tarnishing.

The copper-nickel clad (0% silver Kennedys) were not in any special condition. Also let me re-iterate: there were no silver-clad Kennedys in the rolls I received (I know they exist).

What does "DDO" stand for, and what should I look for on the "1974 DDO"?

 

lucky day for you:hail:

 

Very lucky. Enjoy them.

 

Can someone please explain to me what "DDO" means?

 

DDO is Double Die Obverse

Nice score my friend!

 

There are 8 1974s. What should I look for to determine a "double-die obverse"?

 

I meant to say that there were 8 1974s in the rolls I bought. Thanks for the info. None of them seem to be DDOs.

 

Doug, thanks for the link. Man, that makes 3 full pages of coin related links I've picked up from your posts here. Really appreciated.

Ben

 

You may want to save any 1987P & D halfs. Those are kind of scarce. I had to buy mine at $4 and $4.50.
But then recently I found them in rolls.

 

Just one more thing I want to add: Silver coinage is incredibly beautiful! The better condition silver Kennedys are a bright white metallic color, in comparison to the dull, flat gray color of today's coinage. If there were only a way to get that type of a finish on coins without having to use silver.

 

I'd be looking for a 70d just in case someone broke a mint set

 

true, if you meant clad silver.
Then after 1970, they were just plain clad.