It is a special Matte Proof coin. Sorta an SMS coin, so they use the "SP" (specimen) designation. It doesn't really fit into any one...
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Not a Date Set. Not a Type Set. Not a Metal Composition Set. Not a coin Finish Set. Not a set that has any theme other than Kennedy Half Dollars...
@bkozak33 Pushing this thread to the top, as your set is motivation for my own Kennedy set I recently undertook. I remember seeing this thread...
Sept 2024 "Status of the Collection" Update: I have sent and received back a 6 coin CAC submission. I am preparing to send a PCGS reslab & photo...
Will CAC approve this coin for stickering? Another Type I had a hard time finding a MS63 - MS65 example that was CAC approved in my budget....
I will post the results in next 5 days or so.
Is it unusual that it's in a holder that doesn't reference the struck through error? [ATTACH]
The only "YES" vote appears to be ME. Ever the optimist! Well, not normally, but I have decent CAC % stickered coins, so in this case, I am...
Yes, I believe the change in how these were produced was what Doug was referring to me in an email about 10 years ago, I am paraphrasing here,...
No cartwheel left, but it does have some nice silverly sparkly bits throughout, sort of like stars in a night sky (if the sky was battleship...
Is does in fact have some nice sparkly luster around the stars, and more of less throughout the fields and devices, but I sure cannot capture it...
What caused this? Looks mint made error, planchet related, Not post mint damage. Am I correct? Does this specific error have a name? The...
Nice token. Mine doesn't have a date at all :( and you get two dates!? [ATTACH]
I recently sent in my first CAC stickering submission in many years. The below coin is from my own personal Box-of-100 Type coins. After a...
I agree with you, back when you made the post, and even now. I think at this point that ship has sailed. They are 100% committed to grading,...
Nice post, well reasoned. Now that I am participating in the CAC Registry, I am back reading all the CAC related threads from the past year or...
To some extend you are correct of course, but for many people like myself, we prefer the sticker and also they are now going to continue to...
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