Hi Guys, My wife's father had given her some books of coins 15 years ago before he passed away. He has the whole set of Kennedy Half Dollars from 1964 thru 1994, circulated, mints and proofs all mints and type 1's and 2's. The reason they have stayed so nice is he put them in this plastic type organizer where each one is encapsulated. I attaching the best pic I could take of it thru the plastic. The thing I am wondering is, that many of these coins are almost perfect. If you look at the NCG pricing guide, a lot of these or most of these would be worth $20 to $50 dollars at MS 65, $20 to $100's of dollars MS 66, and $100's to $1000's dollars MS67. I dont want to take them out of plastic, but am I just wishing or are these just pretty much worthless? Thanks for the help. Ron
Sorry to say you are wishing. For accurate values please visit the Heritage web site www.ha.com, and check values for Kennedy halves in th evarious grades there. There are exceptions, but waht you will find is that most 66's are worth less than $20, most 67's the same with a few less than $50. It is only when you get to MS68 and up that you see a few prices in the hundreds, with many more worth less than $50.
They seem to be in wonderful shape , i would go through them and look for errors That;s when the value will go up. now depending on the errors double dies,like the 66 double die or the 82 no fg etc etc/ you have to know what your looking for, do some research on the web try and locate these errors, you may just have some. Good luck on the search. jazzcoins Joe:whistle:
Tough call. If you have any reason to believe he put some effort into them they could be worth a great deal of money. The odds are against you because it really takes a lot of looking and work to get these and it was only a little easier back in 1994. Be sure before you dispose of them. That type of binder is not suitable for long term storage. These are heavily laden with PVC and it's lucky the coins haven't already been damaged. If the coins are typical it's of little import but if they are valuable then find better storage as soon as practical. In the mean time store it in stable conditions and low humidity.
Perhaps the coin that would be most telling as to the overall quality of the set is the 1971-P. This coin is just tough enough in gem to be elusive but common enough that a hard search will turn it up. A gem will have a clean top of the shield though there might be a tiny mark on it. The entire coin will be free of marking except a light scattering of planchet scratches. If this coin is really nice then he probably put a lot of effort into the entire set but don't forget there's always mere coincidence.
Errors are rare because they are "accidents" of the minting process. You can find out more info on errors here http://www.cointalk.org/forumdisplay.php?f=36
Nice, but: GET THEM OUT OF THAT HOLDER! That is the old fashioned PVC holder. Important to remove them, I have seen the after effect of these after a number of years in these holders, and it ain't pretty!
Kennedy's 1 coin that rare and plentiful and some very costly & dirt cheap. but if you know what to look for you can find a pricey coin here is just one I have found
