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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caleb, post: 1305958, member: 32795&quot;]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Just curious, when was there a four year gap in Kennedy half dollars from the Denver mint? The Denver mint is the only branch mint that has consistently produced Kennedy half dollars every year since the conception of the series. The San Francisco branch mint didn’t start producing (minting) Kennedy half dollars until 1966 exclusively for the new Special Mint Sets (coins dated 1965), and the Philadelphia branch mint stopped producing 1964 dated half dollars in early 1966 and didn’t produce any half dollars until 1971 when the new (current) clad composition was introduced. </span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">NOTE: Although most ‘business strikes’1965 Kennedy half dollars were produced (minted) at Denver in 1966, the Denver mint started producing these coins on December 30, 1965, and the production ran a full two days before the new year began. For ease of book keeping, no mintage figures are recorded in the “Director’s Report” for 1965 and the entire run is listed in the report of 1966.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Getting back to the OP’s question on pricing for the 1968-D Kennedy half dollar in PCGS MS66, the last few that I’ve watch on eBay went for between $20 - $30. Six year or so ago, the 1968-D would trade for between $85 - $120 in PCGS MS66 plastic. </span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Like anything, it all comes down to ‘supply verses demand’. About five years ago, a Florida dealer (who shall not be named) came across a large hoard of 1968-D U.S. Mint Sets and made a submission to PCGS. When the coins were graded, the population for the MS66 grade grew overnight by over 125 (out of the entire submission he only got one to grade MS67). Until the collectors of the series adsorb the surplus, the price for the 1968-D will remain in the low end of the scale. </font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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