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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 668881, member: 13650&quot;]It sure seems things have gotten touchy around here when someone feels the need to apologize for fear of offending someone over basic questions! lol</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think anyone will be offended by these questions.&nbsp; (At least I would hope not! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve put together a mostly MS Kennedy half set of P&#039;s and D&#039;s up to 2009.&nbsp; That&#039;s a really nice set to put together for not a lot of money.&nbsp; After 2001 or so, they did not issue Kennedy halves for circulation anymore.&nbsp; They make 3.5 million total and call it a year, every year now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; So these are relatively low mintage, but can be had for cheap &#039;as they come out.&#039;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you let 10 years pass and then want to find them, then you&#039;re going to pay 5-10 bucks a coin.&nbsp; Maybe more for these low mintage ones now.&nbsp; &nbsp; You have to pay well above face to get a roll from the mint to begin with.&nbsp; And from what I understand, it&#039;s the only way to get them anymore.&nbsp;&nbsp; When the Kennedy half is finally retired, I suspect the value of the set will go up somewhat.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m working on a completely MS Franklin half set now.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some have FBL.&nbsp; Some were cracked out of slabs.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are a little more challenging set.&nbsp; It is not a popular series, but as David Bowers says, that is when you want to be buying a series!&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s no reason to wait for hype so you can pay more.&nbsp; If you like the Franklin series than I would start putting a set together and don&#039;t worry about it&#039;s popularity right now.&nbsp; &nbsp; I can&#039;t wait to finish mine.&nbsp; Although I&#039;ve started to work on my buffalo nickel set a little more lately.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Like you say, the nice part about Franklins is that there are still many high grade examples around.&nbsp; So you can put together a really nice looking set at a reasonable cost.&nbsp; Since reasonable is a relative term, I&#039;ll say when I&#039;m done, I could likely trade my Franklin set even up for a reasonably high grade $10 gold Eagle if I wanted to.&nbsp;&nbsp; So it&#039;s still several times more than an equivalent Kennedy set but not out of reach for most.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s no killer key dates anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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