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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4348235, member: 101855&quot;]The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half Dollar. In honor of that, the mint system issued five commemorative Kennedy Half Dollar collector coins. The more affordable of these coins was a four piece set in the Proof, Reverse Proof, Uncirculated and Enhanced Uncirculated formats. The mint artists duplicated Gilroy Roberts’ original artwork on these pieces, and they were struck on 90% silver planchets</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100840[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>The box cover for the 2014, four piece Kennedy Half Dollar set. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100841[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The four coins that were in the set.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A more regal, and far more expensive Kennedy Half Dollar was issued in gold. This piece had the duel dates, “1964 ∙ 2014”. The West Point Mint struck these pieces, which were the first silver coin designs to be issued in gold. Later the mint would issue similar items for the Mercury Dime, Standing Liberty Quarter and Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Despite and issue price that was in excess of $1,000, the mintage was 73,772.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1100843[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The gold Kennedy Half Dollar was packaged in a fancy wooden box.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1100845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The gold Kennedy Half Dollar carried the duel dates, &quot;1964 - 2014.&quot; The mintage was 73,772 coins. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Despite the production of many millions of coins, the Kennedy Half Dollar is almost never seen in circulation. Some have argued that the coin is too heavy and cumbersome to carry, yet that was not true many years ago before the Kennedy design was introduced. Anyone who has examined rolls of “junk silver” half dollars can tell that virtually all of the coins show signs of circulation, and many of them exhibit extensive circulation down to grades as low as Good and Very Good. Clearly the introduction of the Kennedy coin put an end to the widespread use of the half dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Continued speculation and confusion by non-collectors that all Kennedy half dollars contained silver and were worth more than their face value, contributed to the coin’s effective demise.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Over the 56 year lifespan of the Kennedy Half Dollar series, there have been no major rarities, but many dates have been issued only in mint or Proof sets. The most famous of these dates were 1970 and 1987, but it might interest some casual collectors to know that the mint has not issued any half dollars into normal commercial channels since 2001. The only way to obtain the dates and mint marked pieces from 2002 to date has been to buy them in Proof or Mint Sets and mint issued rolls at prices higher than their face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Since it has become obvious that the half dollar will never again see wide circulation, collectors might well contemplate an end to the denomination which has been a part of the American coinage system since 1794.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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