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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caleb, post: 1963485, member: 32795&quot;]It all depends on your perspective.&nbsp; I don’t like to rain on anyone’s parade but I would estimate that over 70% of Kennedy collectors do not even consider the 1998-S Matte Finish as part of their core collection of Kennedy half dollars let alone the new Proof gold anniversary 1964 – 2014 coin.&nbsp; Most collectors of the series still consider the 1970-D as the “Key”.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just for full disclosure, yes I ordered one from the Mint’s web site within the first few minutes of it being offered for sale.&nbsp; Yes, I will include it with our set, but our set also has several hundred different CONECA recognized die varieties and errors besides the basic collection of Proofs and Business Strikes.&nbsp; But in all honesty, there are probably less then a couple of dozen collectors that collect the Kennedy half dollar series like we do with maybe a hand full or less that collections are taken to the next level by collecting by die stages.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are even some serious collectors that partake in either the PCGS or NGC Registry with the Kennedy series that do not think the new Proof gold anniversary 1964 – 2014 coin belongs in the core set(s).&nbsp; Myself, I could care less either one way or the other.&nbsp; We like to build our set overall the way we want it and the online Registry set(s) can do what they want too.&nbsp; Just to clarify this point, do you know that in the PCGS Registry, the 1998-S Matte Finish Kennedy is not treated as a “basic” coin, it only has a slot to enter it when you get into the variety sets. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bottom line, if the individual collector(s) do not think that the new Proof gold anniversary 1964 – 2014 half dollar belongs in their collection(s) then I’m confused how you can say “It will be the must have”.</p><p>All this hype and over paying for “special labels” is what I don’t understand.&nbsp; What ever happened to the saying “Buy the coin and not the slab”. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do not blame the dealers for hiring people to buy coins for them or working with the system to get more then the single one coin per person limit that the Mint established.&nbsp; The dealers are in business to make money and if their cliental want those special labels, so be it.&nbsp; But when the music stops, some are going to find themselves without a chair to sit down in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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