Halves - Master Thread (What to keep?)

I've been keeping 1970 and below. Also the bicentennials.

 

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1971 has some extremely strong doubled dies.
1972 has a doubled die that is extremely scarce.
1973 has at least 4 different doubled dies.
1974 has the strongest doubled die in the Kennedy Series.
1976 40% Silver clad coin has a doubled die which would cost a paycheck if you have to buy it. There is also a very nice DDR for the cn clad proof coin.
1977 has at least 2 nice doubled dies! Both of which are scarce.
1980 has a doubled die
1984 has a doubled die
1988 Proof has a very scarce doubled die
1992 90% Silver proof has a nice doubled die

Lots of folks only look for and keep the silver content coins which is a plus to those of us that constantly search for the Kennedy Clad doubled die coins.

 

all 90% and 40% Silver and quite a number of the Double Dies I have seen outstanding examples of from Lee (19Lyds)

 

The reason I stopped roll searching around here. I was looking for varieties and someone in my area was marking all the halves they searched for Silver with a red permanent marker on the Obverse or Reverse. When I do get out of town I make it a point to stop by some banks and see what kind of halves they have

Stewart

 

87 P&D weren't circulated and only issued in mint sets

 

modern commems if you can find any.

 

I think that stuff comes off with a little acetone dip so try to not let it discourage you.

 

A little hairspray on a q-tip will take off that ink, then wash with water.

Don't forget to look for and keep the "no FG" errors. 1982, 1983 and 1989 are the years in which some coins have the designer initials on the reverse missing.

Low mintage years are 1987, 2002-present.

I see no reason to keep bicentennials. I get dozens in every box I buy for searching. Of course, the silver clad bicentennials should be kept, but regular clad ones no, unless MS 67 or something....

 

The past 5 or 6 years the Mint has been making 3.5 millions or so but they do not circulate them through the Federal Reserve.

Does anyone order these from the mint for future speculation???

 

I keep the very nice 1986P coins. The '86D is unheard of here.
Also the 1997 and 1998 are impossible to find in rolls. There's a flood of 2000P coins in every search. I also hang on to the Denver mintmark coins as they are scarce in Connecticut.
Betcha never guess what I found in rolls. A 1925 Stone Mountain!

 

I ordered a box of halves and got them in a clear plastic bag instead of a box. How do you get boxes? Is this just my bank?

 

Thanks for the info. Got over $300 Kennedy's that I have accumulated and did not look for errors. Got all Spring to go through each one.

 

I ordered 3 boxes last week of half dollars too !

 

Cull: Welcome to the forum!!!!

 

glad to be here thanks

 

Thanks for the tips to remove the red marker Lee and Bobbeth87:thumb:
I might have to go grab some rolls this week.

Stewart

 

It sounds as if you received a bag they had set aside to return to the rolling facility. I know that my bank prefers I return searched half's to them in $1,000 bags since thats what they do with them. Each roll gets unwrapped and dumped into a bag which then gets shipped to a facility which will count the coins and possibly roll them. They only ship when they have a specific amount as it does cost them money.

If I were you, I would try a different bank after I had searched through the bag.

I used to have many different bank accounts at different banks soley for the purpose of ordering coin at one and returning them to another. The bank you order them from doesn;t have a problem, the bank you return them to usually raises a fuss after about $10,000 worth. Then, its time to find a different bank.

 

Well, I finished searching the bag and I found 3 40% coins (66, 2x 67) and 1 90% (64) so it was pretty good by my book. There was also $5.25 worth of quarters and a $2 Canadian coin.

 

Are all S mint marked coins past 2002 silver clad? Just getting into searching these.

 

No, they come in silver and clad sets from the mint.