New Toy for My Kennedy Set

Great looking 64 with gorgeous color! Nice photo, too!

Thanks!

Chris

 

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Thanks Chris, glad you liked it!

 

New Todd Photo



Another nice photo from Todd. :hail:

 

No.

 

Another new photo. These 1965-67 non-SMS issues are rare in Gem or better grade.

Enjoy! :w8v4:

 

1965 non-SMS Kennedy, Conditional Rarity

Here's the 1965 non-SMS, another conditional rarity :thumb:

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1966 non-SMS Kennedy, Conditional Rarity

Another new photo:

During 1965 and 1966 the Mint was switching from proof sets to the Special Mint Sets and from the 90% silver Kennedys to the 40% silver. The 40% silver 1965-1967 Kennedys in the SMS sets were produced with a modicum of care (if not enough for some of us picky collectors), but the 1965-67 business strikes were being produced alongside the 1964 Kennedy business strikes by the gazillions

The quality suffered as a result.

While a lot of nice 1964 circulation strike Kennedys were saved, the 1965-67 non-SMS coins were little saved at the time, and they are mighty tough issues at the Gem and higher levels, as the PCGS populations demonstrate.

PCGS Population: 53 in 66, 4 finer, including one MS68 "wonder coin" that a friend of ours owns (7/2010).​

 

Really nice looking coins, Giorgio. I'm going to have to get busy on the non-SMS. I've put it off too long.

Chris

 

Thanks Chris, glad you like em! :hail:

 

1968-D Kennedy Half MS67 PCGS Tied for Finest Known!

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Another conditional super rarity, one of the toughest coins in my set save for the 1964 SMS.

The 40% silver Kennedy business strike issues--the three 1965-1967 non-SMS coins, along with the 1968-D and 1969-D--are some of the most elusive issues of the series at the Superb Gem MS67 level. They were produced in large numbers, but most circulated, and collectors were busy squirreling away the 90% silver 1964s, not the 1965-69 pieces. (The last 40%, the 1970-D, was only issued in Mint Sets, and most are plagued with contact marks.) And, the large numbers of 40% business strikes produced meant that even Uncirculated pieces were usually full of contact marks that preclude high Mint State grades.

Amazingly, PCGS has certified less than four dozen of those business strikes in MS67 of all five dates (7/2010).

PCGS Population: 13 in 67, 0 finer (7/2010).

 

Chris

 

G:kewl:
Amazing!!

 

Thanks Chris and Jello. Amazing what a competent photographer--not me--can do for a nice coin.

 

Kennedy's Half Dollars

G :thumb::too-cool-for:
for a long while it was just us that were Kennedy Collector's.I glad to see Chris is joining us!

 

Yeah buddy! Me too, Chris is good folks.

Are there others of you out there collecting JFK's?

 

I've had my Kennedy set on a back burner for way too long. I've been spending most of my money on Morgan toners lately.

Chris

 

Excuse my ignorance and hijacking of the thread, but is the 1972D No FG rare? I've been looking on eBay and the only listing I saw was never bought at 99 cents and 99 cents shipping. I found one in a bank roll the other day. I'm not sure if it's actually a "No FG". You can barely see the G in FG only at a certain angle of lighting. Other than that, it's nonexistant.

Thanks guys.

Here are some pictures.

I know they aren't great it's the best I can do right now.

 

There has to be no trace of an FG for it to be rare. PCGS will not certify those with a trace remaining.

 

Lyds,
How could they polish off the initials from a die? Are they not recessed into the die and not raised? If recessed and they polished them off there would be a large addition of metal on the coin there where the initials were I'd think. Or am I missing something?

 

Do you think mine would pass as a no FG? I mean, looking at the pictures.

If it's not, I'll keep looking

Just out of curiosity, what would a real, legitimate noFG '72D go for? In say, AU condition.