They hold a small premium to the right collector. I wouldn't say very valuable. I have a couple of Barber quarters like this. an 04O and an 04. I...
I had a bit of that black gunk on a couple of 1964 Kennedy halves, I soaked them an entire week in acetone and didn't even faze the black junk. I...
Thank you I did not know any of that. As mentioned I'm a hobby Penny looker person LOL but this has been fun and now I might widen my hobby to...
Maybe you know all of this, but this coin was part of set which the mint sold in 1964. It came in a tan envelope and looked like this. The issue...
I've been doing my part to circulate them! After I finished searching a box of Kennedy half dollars for silver, I've started spending the rest...
Basically, three reasons that basically happened at once: Rising price of silver meant that eventually silver coins would have more than their...
For me it was 1964. My dad ran a large department store and I got to roll and bag coins for all the tills. When the Kennedy half came out there...
I understand the ratio is the same, but the absolute weight in your pocket is not, which is why I dump most change in a basket. A nickel, a...
When I was kid in the late 1950s and started spending my allowance and what I earned from mowing the lawn, I received half dollars in change, but...
Thing is, though, the value/weight ratio is exactly the same for halves as it is for quarters and dimes, and better than it is for nickels or...
The Kennedy half dollar killed the half dollar as a circulating coin. Not long after that, speculators got wind that the price of silver was...
Anecdotally I'd say they circulated fairly regularly at least until the late 70s. I pulled at least 4 1964 Kennedy's out of the till in the 74-76...
I know we can’t put an exact date on it but there must be a rough time period when they fell out of common use. Maybe it was after 1964 because...
Playing catch-up. (Our type for today is the Kennedy half Silver (1964).) I have one of these, but it is not shown in my spreadsheet and I don’t...
Playing catch-up. (Our type for today is the Kennedy half Silver (1964).) My cousin took me up to the attic of his old farmhouse where he had...
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P&G- you’re a day too early with that 1965 (today’s type is just the 1964 90% silver coins). But I like it. I’m looking for a nicely toned 1965...
Good morning. It is Wednesday, March 11th. Today our type is the Kennedy half Silver (1964). This refers of course to only the 90% silver coins...
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