Ideas For The Celebration Of 50 Years Of Kennedy Halves?

I vote with Condor........end the production of them altogether.
Let the coin go into "history" as Kennedy himself will always be.
For the Anniversary.......and the last ones ever minted, I'd say a nice 5 coin Set would be a good send-off.

Do the P mint
The D mint
The Proof
The Silver Proof

Then just copy the successful 1998 Matte Finish Proof.
This coin still holds a really nice premium ! ($250.00-$300.00)
And most moderate to casual Kennedy collectors have them all EXCEPT this coin, which was only available in the special Commemorative Set of that year.

Making these five coins a "Set", and exclusive to the "Set".....similarly to the ASE anniv. set.....but with, perhaps, much less craziness !
Four of the coins would only be "exclusive" to this Set, if they were certified as such by a TPG in an unopened box.....like the ASE Sets, since they could be purchased in the regular yearly Sets.

And I just don't think "the fever" would be there for these, like the ASE's.
For one.....they wouldn't be all "Silver"...so there's that.
Second.....there would only be "one" special coin really.
And thirdly..... there just aren't THAT many Kennedy collectors out there, at least comparatively to the ASE's anyway.
IMO, Kennedy certainly was "popular".....but if you look....he really didn't serve very long before he was killed, so his "accomplishments" are not all that numerous.
And some say "he" is the one who got us involved in the Vietnam War in the beginning, when the French pulled out and Communism was spreading.....but anyway.
I just mean that I don't know that this man should be put "up there" with some of the greatest Presidents of all time to serve.
The Kennedy "family" has certainly done more public service than any other......but we're just simply talking about the Presidency and importance of the small portion of time he actually served.
I just think this coin has served it's purpose....commemorated the man.......and it's time to go into history now, like all coins must do at some point.

How about a west point coin, like the1996 w dime. Could have it in the mint set.

I like that idea as well.

i like your idea unholy and make a 40% coin theres gotta be one since its part of history!

I think the Kennedy half wll be around for quite a while yet, as it should be. Look at how long we've had the Lincoln Cent, and the Roosevelt dime.
I agree that a 50 year commemorative set would be a nice thing. I vote for one coin from each mint, that's P,D, S, and W and a reverse proof. The P and D could be proof clads. The S and the W could be burnished and proof silver, and the reverse proof would be in silver as well. That would make 3 of the coins available only in the set.
To me this sounds like something the mint would agree to do. They don't seem like they are open to really different ideas in their sets.
Keep the obverse the same for the set, but it could change after that.

But seriously, and while asking forgiveness for my bad joke, I've always wondered why we have no bimetal coins in the US, and why all bimetals have round inserts. So, how about something really wild like a bimetal Kennedy in which the profile of the President is made of a different metal. IE a silver insert. That'll get you your 40% silver content back too.