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...
I'm seeing good deals on Franklin proofs on eBay. Not long ago I picked up a 1964 Kennedy proof in a rattler holder (MS 65) - I may have paid a...
Unfortunately your comparison does not include the price of PM’s, gold and silver, etc. Nor does it include the dates of those prices. You must...
A few days ago I got a 2026 Littleton catalog in the mail. I get one every year to annually ''awaken'' my interest in coin collecting. I opened...
I Googled the question and this is what I found.. A 1996 Kennedy half dollar with a "doubled ear" is often marketed as a "Double Die Obverse"...
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