How Many Are Collecting Kennedy Half Dollars, ? New Pics

Very nice!


I think it is a great idea, especially if it is something that makes you happy. I think it looks good. I really like how you are including the commemorative half dollars with the set.

I am considering building a proof-only Presidential dollar album, given how difficult it is for me to find decent circulation pieces.

Yesiree I collect 'em!

Kennedy half dollar set by Year








It is the easiest way to complete a set and continue maintenance, it contains P,D and S mints.

It is housed in an air-tite album

I always did save both the Kennedy halves and Eisenhower dollars, just because. Kids would get them from Grandma, I'd give them a buck or two and put them away. I started to put a set of business strikes together at the beginning of this year. My work partner and I go to our respective banks on paydays, he every Friday (he works two jobs) and me every other Friday. He asks at his, and at mine they know to keep an eye for me. I've scored a few times with somebody turning a bunch in for cash. Got quite a few 40%, a couple 64's, and one Franklin. I did buy my 1964 D, 70 D (from a mint set I picked up for $6.00), and some of the later year issues. All the rest were gathered from circulation.

COINAHOLIC: What's the cost of an air-tite album to house a complete Kennedy set? I think through 2010 the Dansco has 154 coins. That looks great.

So you need 3 albums for 154 coins. Like $72 plus the cost of the air-tites. How thick are the albums?

i am the same way. the dansco albums I buy are only the p/d ones. I like collecting the proofs and what not, but I just leave them encased as they come. I have no intention in cracking them open. but one thing I will say is that when I see other peoples pictures with all- p,d, s, and silver together, it does indeed look very nice.

I've been working on this, as well, and wanted to share my experiences since I hadn't seen many other topics about assembling a Kennedy Dansco.

I've been working on mine for about nine months. My album includes Proofs/BU only and is currently at:
1960s: 8 of 13 filled
1970s: 26 of 29 filled
1980s: 13 of 30 filled
1990s: 21 of 38 filled
2000s: 16 of 44 filled (includes 2010

My experience with the proof album has been that it requires some deep pockets because of those silver varieties. You are adding ~ 19 additional silver proofs, and some of the latter year ones sell for $15-20 at shows or ebay. The other issue is finding late year BU coins. Roll searching from banks didn't result in many hits. Mint sets have the right coins, but again these are dirt cheap in the 1970s but start to get more expensive in recent years. I've stumbled upon some good deals on ebay but it can be time consuming.

The album is extremely heavy, despite being only about half done. I think it is a great presentation piece, but I worry about the page bindings holding up over the long haul with each page supporting so much weight. I try to be careful lifting and supporting pages when browsing the album or adding coins.

The first page is the best page - the 1960s Kennedy halves in BU/proof are something to behold and I'm quite excited to have a number of these slots filled.

Oh, my other advice would be to decide up front how important cameo is. This is a bit of an issue with all years; granted, in later years, cameo proofs are much more plentiful, but there are varying degrees, and if you opt for the proof album, you may find yourself cost-cutting as best you can, which means jumping on low priced Kennedy proofs which are being sold cheap because of weak cameo. I would advise collectors to browse listings or shows for examples of strong and weak cameo Kennedy proofs to determine what's appropriate for your collection, before you start buying and inserting coins.

As for actual assembly, while I did botch a couple of coins, I had good luck inserting proofs with cotton gloves, and depressing them on the frosted obverse head, which seems fairly resistant vs. the fields. The design of the Kennedy half definitely makes it an easier coin to "push" into its slot in an album when you are dealing with proofs.

There are some nice looking sets posted here. I have been building a set from circulation and also from one's I have bought from members here. Bought the 70 mint set to get that one. I store mine in 2X2's for now and I do have some of the proofs. I enjoy roll searching for the ones I still need.