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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2640534, member: 76863"]At least one of the 68s came from a collector as I was fortunate enough to come into possession of one of them. It was just one of those coins that even in a very well put together album just jumped off the page at you so I sent it in. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure how much bulk submitting occurs with the normal issues for them now a days, but I completely agree it is not something I would recommend chasing. While the 68s are big money quite a few of those dates the 67s are basically just break even. It's kind of all or nothing and really with how few 68s there are you need some luck to find one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically even in this down market the modern market seems to be pretty healthy. I am sure they sold to the registry guys or someone who loves their Kennedy set, doesn't seem like the type of coin that would end up in a type set. </p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I believe the biggest bag the mint sells is a $100 for $140, compared to some other series the premium is kind of brutal trying to get bags from the mint. Time and resources would certainly be better spent elsewhere then chasing MS 68 Kennedys. PCGS only has 900 clad 68s in the whole run and 3 dates account for over a third of that. There is also 25 69s and 17 of those are from the 14-D[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2640534, member: 76863"]At least one of the 68s came from a collector as I was fortunate enough to come into possession of one of them. It was just one of those coins that even in a very well put together album just jumped off the page at you so I sent it in. I'm not sure how much bulk submitting occurs with the normal issues for them now a days, but I completely agree it is not something I would recommend chasing. While the 68s are big money quite a few of those dates the 67s are basically just break even. It's kind of all or nothing and really with how few 68s there are you need some luck to find one. Ironically even in this down market the modern market seems to be pretty healthy. I am sure they sold to the registry guys or someone who loves their Kennedy set, doesn't seem like the type of coin that would end up in a type set. Right now I believe the biggest bag the mint sells is a $100 for $140, compared to some other series the premium is kind of brutal trying to get bags from the mint. Time and resources would certainly be better spent elsewhere then chasing MS 68 Kennedys. PCGS only has 900 clad 68s in the whole run and 3 dates account for over a third of that. There is also 25 69s and 17 of those are from the 14-D[/QUOTE]
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