I am trying to put together a complete set of every Kennedy Half Dollar minted. The bicentennial coins have given me a question. The 2004 Redbook list the following Bicentennial Kennedys. 1.) 1776-1976 Copper-nickel clad 2.) 1776-1976 D Copper-nickel clad 3.) 1776-1976 S Copper-nickel clad 4.) 1776-1976 S Silver clad 5.) 1776-1976 S Silver clad I understand the first Kennedy above is the ‘P’ mint and of course number two is the ‘D’ mint. The first ‘S’ Kennedy above is the proof set Kennedy half. I am a confused as to the two ‘S’ Silver clad Kennedy half’s. I thought there was only one ‘S’ Silver clad Kennedy and that came in the 3 piece 40% Silver Bicentennial Proof Set. I hope someone can help me out here, and tell me where the second ‘S’ Silver clad Kennedy came from. Thank you, Jim
You're more than welcome Please feel free to ask any question you might have and I'm sure somebody will try to answer it for you. And don't wory about being new to collecting - we all were at one time or another. Learning more about the pursuit is half the fun - I've been doing this nearly all of my life and I still learn something new about it almost every day
lol i'm newly into kennedy's,(more for the wife, she likes them) and i just learned something. tanks, cl all I know, is there is a hole in the dansco..... lol.
1776-1976 Kennedy Half Dollars 1776-1976 234,308,000 4 Four Proofs were struck without mintmarks. 1776-1976-D 287,565,248 0 1776-1976-S 0 7,059,099 1776-1976-S 40% Silver est. 5,000,000 est. 4,000,000 Sold in 3-piece Bicentennial sets along with the Silver Clad Washington Quarters and Silver-Clad Eisenhower Dollars. Mintages are approximate - 11,000,000 sets were struck and sold until 1982, when sales were halted.
There were six reportedly made in Philly as proofs with no mint marks. While the Ikes are known to exist, there is some question if any of the half dollars or quarters still exist. There are also a few varieties for these though the better ones are proof.
That reminds me that the 40% uncs come in two distinct types. The mint came to believe near the end of the production run for these that Congress intended for them to mint the entire 11,000,000 rather than just what they could sell. To meet this "quota", they ran off the remainder on high speed presses under normal operating conditions. These were placed in 55 gallon drums and placed in storage. Very few of these were ever sold thanks in no small part to the horrendous quality. It is very easy to distinguish them from the other issues. They also come in a cello with no white strip on it. While there has been no interest to date in these, they are so scarce that they might become more popular at some point.
