Finally A Score

So after five straight boxes of only 1 40% each, I picked up my weekly box of halves today and had much better luck.

7 NIFC
2002-S
1994-S
1992-S
1974-S
1987-P
1969-D (4)
1968-D (2)
1967
1966 (3)
1964-D
1963-D

Makes you want to come back and do it again.

 

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good deal!
congrats

 

Nicely done Histman! You got a great variety of the good stuff (silvers, proofs, and the elusive 1987-P!).

 

What's so elusive about the 87P?

 

Both 1987 Kennedy halves were issued only in mint sets, none for circulation.

 

Check your redbook, Roy and Buck!

 

I have a buncha slabbed NGC MS66's if you're interested.

 

Thanks Kurt, I have read something on this a while back, I'm more of a variety kind of collector but will keep my eye out!

 

The MS66's I have were a bulk lot at an auction that was going so low I had to bid. I ended up with 6 of 'em for 10 bucks.

 

This may be an instance in which Mezak isn't misrepresenting the facts. When he is promoting his 50 years of proof sets — 1961 - 2014 for $999 — he mentions that the 1987 coins were meant for the US Mint sets only. Thinking about this, I decided to investigate the early 60s sets containing silver coins finding that they are, indeed, a bargain. I bought '61 to '64 from a single seller for $33.00 including shipping.

Alas, I have seen only one half dollar in circulation in the past 17 years, so I bought it from a boy who was clutching it as if it were a turd since the Coin Star machine wouldn't take it. I once asked the people at my bank about these in rolls, but they reacted as if I were speaking a foreign language.

 

Both the 87-P and 87-D show low mintages of just under 2.9M.

 

Now go and check the number of 1987 Mint Sets sold. The number should be oddly familiar.

 

I've got two bucks

 

And that info is where, please?

Found it... so where are the other 2.9M coins?

 

Closer than you'd otherwise expect.

 

In the other half of the set?

 

LOL

 

Here's what I found:

Page 71, the November 7, 2017 issue of Numismatic News -
2,890,758 Mint Sets issued in 1987.

Page 456, 2015 "Red Book" iBook edition (the only one I keep on my iPad) -
2,890,758 mintage for BOTH the 1987-P and 1987-D Kennedy halves.

What are the chances?

Is this kind of research REALLY too hard for you? I mean, heck, there's even a (b) footnote in the Red Book. Or are you one of those "all I need is the Internet" Einsteins?

 

Sorry, don't need anything from you.

 

Oh you do. You just don't know it yet.