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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3357465, member: 27832"]That's an <i>excellent</i> starting point. And if you found these roll searching, you're already well ahead; buying silver at face value is <i>always</i> a winning proposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>But very, very few Kennedy halves are in such good condition that they're worth more than the cost of slabbing. The odds of finding one of those from circulation are even tinier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bide your time a while longer. If you really want to <i>have</i> some slabbed Kennedy halves, consider buying a couple; in the past month, several MS63 slabbed Kennedys have sold on eBay for under $10 each, and quite a few in MS64, 65, or even 66 for under $20. That's a lot less than you'd pay NGC or PCGS to slab a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a link to the Numismedia price list for MS Kennedys:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/kenhlv/prices61.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/kenhlv/prices61.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/kenhlv/prices61.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The listed prices are <b>full retail</b>, which are comparable to Red Book prices; a dealer in general would never buy at those prices, and would be happy to sell at them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3357465, member: 27832"]That's an [I]excellent[/I] starting point. And if you found these roll searching, you're already well ahead; buying silver at face value is [I]always[/I] a winning proposition. But very, very few Kennedy halves are in such good condition that they're worth more than the cost of slabbing. The odds of finding one of those from circulation are even tinier. Bide your time a while longer. If you really want to [I]have[/I] some slabbed Kennedy halves, consider buying a couple; in the past month, several MS63 slabbed Kennedys have sold on eBay for under $10 each, and quite a few in MS64, 65, or even 66 for under $20. That's a lot less than you'd pay NGC or PCGS to slab a coin. Here's a link to the Numismedia price list for MS Kennedys: [url]http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/kenhlv/prices61.shtml[/url] The listed prices are [B]full retail[/B], which are comparable to Red Book prices; a dealer in general would never buy at those prices, and would be happy to sell at them.[/QUOTE]
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