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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1305993, member: 26030&quot;]Hey Caleb,&nbsp; Great info.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What I meant to write was there was no &quot;D&quot; mintmarked Kennedy in 1965, 1966, and 1967.&nbsp;&nbsp; The four year gap of &quot;D&quot; Mintmarks was between the 1964-D and the 1968-D (although that&#039;s really just a 3 year gap, isn&#039;t it!).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I learned something from your post ... that the Denver mint was actually producing Kennedy&#039;s during that period but without mintmarks.&nbsp; I had no idea on that one!&nbsp; This forum is certainly furthering my &quot;coin education&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also thanks for the info on the Florida dealer and the 1968 mint sets -- a nice factoid.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually have some 1968 and 1969 mintsets that I bought as a kid and I think I should probably take a look at them and see if I have any candidates for high grades --&nbsp; it would be great if I could luck out and get an MS67 Kennedy from one of them.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The last thing I find interesting is how few collectors of slabbed Kennedy&#039;s there must be -- as a field population of 284 (the number of PCGS slabbed MS66 1968-D&#039;s) is still very small in the scheme of things.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You would think that with the 2 million or so mint sets of 1968 and 1969 there would more more of a supply of high grade Kennedy&#039;s for those years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did a quick internet search and found this tidbit:&nbsp; The 1968 Mint Set included a total of ten different coins struck at&nbsp; three different mint facilities. This was comprised of Lincoln Cents (P,&nbsp; D, S), Jefferson Nickels (P, D), Roosevelt Dimes (P, D, S), Washington&nbsp; Quarters (P, D), and one Kennedy Half Dollar (D). Notably, the half&nbsp; dollar included in the set was struck in a composition of 40% silver.&nbsp; The Philadelphia Mint coins and the single Lincoln Cent struck at the&nbsp; San Francisco Mint were placed within a cellophane pack with a blue&nbsp; stripe and the Denver Mint coins were placed in a pack with a red&nbsp; stripe. The two were placed between sheets of light cardboard within a&nbsp; white envelope marked “1968 U.C.” with the Treasury Department address.&nbsp; Sets were offered for $2.50 each compared to the $1.33 face value.&nbsp; <b>Quality of the coins can vary greatly and often the Kennedy Half Dollar&nbsp; will be found with cloudy toning.</b> Total mintage for the 1968 Mint Set&nbsp; was 2,105,128, a big boost from the production level of the prior&nbsp; Special Mint Set and last issued regular Mint Set.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tell you one thing, looking at this stock photo of the 68 mintset, the Kennedy is certainly cloudy (and somewhat ugly!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]146715.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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