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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stewart dandis, post: 2238807, member: 59416&quot;]The <a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/2015-coin-and-chronicles-set-john-f-kennedy-AX3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/2015-coin-and-chronicles-set-john-f-kennedy-AX3.html" rel="nofollow">Kennedy Coin &amp; Chronicles Set</a> was a much-hyped release, anticipated for both its contents and its position as a follow-up to the brief and exasperating debuts of its predecessors, the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin &amp; Chronicles Sets. The Truman and Eisenhower sets sold most of their 17,000-set allotment within 15 minutes of their releases, prompting to the mint to bump the Kennedy set’s mintage limit from a relatively high 25,000 units to an even larger 50,000.</p><p>Prior to the set’s release, a <a href="http://news.coinupdate.com/poll-results-coin-chronicles-mintage-limits/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.coinupdate.com/poll-results-coin-chronicles-mintage-limits/" rel="nofollow">Coin Update poll</a> on the increased mintage limit showed that the largest percentage of voters felt the mint had gone too far by offering 50,000 of the Kennedy C&amp;C issue. And since the set is still available a week after its release, they may have been right, especially for those who hoped high demand would mean a significant and timely appreciation of the sets’ value, as we’ve seen for the Truman and Eisenhower releases.</p><p>From the mint’s perspective, however, they may have hit an ideal mark. The set sold <a href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2015/09/on-sale-today-2015-john-f-kennedy-coin-chronicles-set/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2015/09/on-sale-today-2015-john-f-kennedy-coin-chronicles-set/" rel="nofollow">40,000 units in its first hour</a> and 45,613 its first day. There has been enough inventory for serious collectors and flippers, with some time to spare for the casual buyer. Yet the set won’t languish for months on the mint’s Web site, waiting for its inventory to be slowly depleted. The full sales report will be available tomorrow, but new figures show that the 2015 John F. Kennedy Coin &amp; Chronicles Set sold 48,462 units as of Sunday. The mint’s <a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/2015-coin-and-chronicles-set-john-f-kennedy-AX3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/2015-coin-and-chronicles-set-john-f-kennedy-AX3.html" rel="nofollow">product page</a> for the item will read “Unavailable” or “Sold Out” any time now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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