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<p>[QUOTE="gboulton, post: 1057793, member: 27043"]Took most of this year, and no, not really. Couple of the coins can take some effort to find at reasonable prices...especially raw...but none of them are terribly scarce or rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 98 Matte is the only one of the group that's 'tough" to acquire...and I brought most of that on myself by specifically wanting a NON slabbed example, in the original mint Kennedy Collectors Set. Not a whole bunch of them running around with all the original packaging and paperwork, and many of those that are available go at a significant markup over the value of the half itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>One "trick" I did learn is that if you're willing to do even a small amount of digging and shopping, you can frequently find the proof coins (even the silver proofs) in proof sets for the same price as, or even less than, the individual proof half from that year. That being the case, you can use the additional coins to offset some of the cost, by reselling busted out proof coins, adding silver proofs to your silver holdings, or what have you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gboulton, post: 1057793, member: 27043"]Took most of this year, and no, not really. Couple of the coins can take some effort to find at reasonable prices...especially raw...but none of them are terribly scarce or rare. The 98 Matte is the only one of the group that's 'tough" to acquire...and I brought most of that on myself by specifically wanting a NON slabbed example, in the original mint Kennedy Collectors Set. Not a whole bunch of them running around with all the original packaging and paperwork, and many of those that are available go at a significant markup over the value of the half itself. One "trick" I did learn is that if you're willing to do even a small amount of digging and shopping, you can frequently find the proof coins (even the silver proofs) in proof sets for the same price as, or even less than, the individual proof half from that year. That being the case, you can use the additional coins to offset some of the cost, by reselling busted out proof coins, adding silver proofs to your silver holdings, or what have you.[/QUOTE]
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