2019 Apollo 11 Commems - Released January 24th, 2019

The way the mint page for the half set is written the Kennedy is included and has the same mintage limits as the Apollo halves. Not sure if that is the way the law was intended to be interpreted but it is the way the Mint has it now on the product page.

So...

..PF half and Kennedy set 100,000 (which is actually 200,000 halves of the 750k)
...the Pf half alone +?
...the unc half alone +?
...the half included in the Australian set +?

The 750k limit applies only to the Apollo clad half, not the Kennedy. There are no mintage limits for the Kennedy specified in the legislation. The Mint page is probably just limited in how the information is presented (i.e. templates), so I can see how it could be interpreted that way.

Since the legislation restricts the Apollo half to 750k, that applies to all products and all finishes in total, including the Australian set. Up to 100k in this half set, the rest would be allocated to other products.

I don't see them selling the Kennedy half outside the set.

But who knows... we've seen it happen before.



with this too.

Doesn't seem to be much buzz from dealers.

The 5 ozt dollar is VERY high premium Ag at nearly 3x current Ag spot prices. Seems too expensive to me for a 100,000 mintage to sell out, but it's anybody's guess at this point.

With this being the 2nd issue of a curved coin (and there going to be a 3rd issue next year), I'm thinking the bloom is off the rose for the Ag $1 and Au $5 as well. My "guess" is that these don't sell out either, but that $5 could with just a little bit of buzz. The Apollo half eagle will definitely sell better that the 2017 Boys Town coin. So, Boys Town will remain the key date of the modern Au commemoratives.

IMHO the only safe bet is that the Apollo half dollar doesn't even come close to selling out. I do think the Apollo/Kennedy set will eventually be a sell out though. IMHO it will take some time (maybe a week or two? Last year's reverse proof set took 5-6 weeks at double the mintage.), but there are enough Kennedy collectors out there that will want this coin.

Considering 1) 15k mintage limit of the Palladium while Apollo gold is 100k, 2) palladium is very hot these days while gold is relatively lingering, 3) the palladium series is on its second year rather than its 38th and 4) that the palladium piece is a full ounce of 99+% pure instead of <1/4 ounce of 90%, it's no surprise that dealers aren't knocking on our doors.

Not a straightforward comparison, indeed.

The half eagle is a max mintage of 50k for the proof and unc combined, not for each finish.

I've been pretty good at guessing which offerings will sell out quick. This might not have the dealers offering money, but I think that has more to do with past mistakes. I'm going to try to get mine at noon and am more worried I'll be shut out than anything.