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United States
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Hello All, Just wondering, I have several circulated halfs I've accumulated over the years, Is there anything collectable about them? Meaning what should I look for? years etc. I have several Bicentenials. Thanks Peace Steel Talon  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It depends on which Kennedy half dollars you have. Kennedy half dollars are great coins to collect. They have a lot to offer. You can search for various errors. You have the 1964 which is 90% silver. Then you have the 1965-1970 40% silver. The best place to find these and others is by going to a bank and requesting rolls of half dollars, you have a good chance of finding these. |
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United States
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Originally posted by Spider5689
It depends on which Kennedy half dollars you have. Kennedy half dollars are great coins to collect. They have a lot to offer. You can search for various errors. You have the 1964 which is 90% silver. Then you have the 1965-1970 40% silver. The best place to find these and others is by going to a bank and requesting rolls of half dollars, you have a good chance of finding these.
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United States
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it may be hard to go to banks and ask for half dollars let alone rolls of them. we almost never get any in, and the only time we order them from the federal reserve is when I request them so I can buy them. If you are close with your bank you may be able to ask them to order you a thing of them. they come in boxes of I believe it is 2000$ or it could be 1000$ its one of the two.
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United States
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I must be lucky. My bank almost always has rolls of Kennedys when I ask. If not, they will get however many rolls of Kennedys or Eisenhowers I want, usually in only a day or two.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Kennedy half dollars are one of my favorite coins. I recently went to my bank and asked for rolls. They had two and gave them to me. I found four with silver, and several which were BU.
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United States
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Every time I ask for some rolls of halves at any bank in the area all they say is how many. Just for the fun of it one time I said 20 rolls. The teller said one moment please. Went somewhere and came back with 20 rolls. To heavy. From then on I only ask for 4 or 6 rolls. They always have them. As for what is in the rolls. Only once in the last several years did I find anything older than 1971. All were beat so bad they looked like someone dragged them behind their car.
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United States
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thats very rare. unless they know they have collectors in the area. b4 working at a bank I would always ask for rolls or just loose ones and they never had them, and now the only time we have them where I work is when I make the person that orders for us to order them.
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United States
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justcarl:
You are probably getting casino coins. They are very beat up.
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United States
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Originally posted by TreasHunt
justcarl:
You are probably getting casino coins. They are very beat up.
Image Insert: A lot of casinos have had token like this made for the games. |
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 United States
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Hello All, Thanks for the advise, I've found many of the 40% coins and a few 64's..From my collection. I also found out this week that my Bank does have rolls available,and the roll I purchased today had six Very bright 2000's Dosn't look like they have been handled much. Are these something I should be holding away? I also have many Bicentenials, with the "D" mint mark and some have no mint mark. Anything there? should I hold them all. Thanks for the graet advice and sorry for all the rookie questions. Peace ST~ |
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United States
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Even relatively high grade Bicentennials are not really worth anything. If you want, collect the best looking ones, and put aside a roll or two, but they made so many that I doubt they will be worth anything. personally, I save MS dates in the late 80's and early and late 90's, because they have relatively low mintages, and might be worth something some day. Also almost filled up an album. Otherwise, it is the 40 and 90 %'s that I really look for, as well as 1974 double dies (look in a Red Book if you want to see what to look for). whew, need a break after all that typing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Bicentennials are very common and don't sell for too much money. Errors, silver content, and high grade coins are the way to go, with this series. |
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United States
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Hello All, Thanks again! OK now I need to find a Red Book? and learn to identify HIgh Grade Coins.. Within the circulated coins does the High Grade mean Shiney and looks to be hardly handled? CAuse I have a found a couple 2000's that are sure purty!  Peace ST~ |
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Ireland
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walking into a bank here in ireland and asking for a roll of halfdollars would make the person behind the counter scared of me!  anyway, the only halfdollars that I have in my collection are 2 X 1964s and a 1971. all in very good grade, very clean not a spec of dirt of them and surprisingly enough were found by me under the back seat of a some car that was going for scrap!!! (my uncle is a mechanic so looking in old cars for coins is something I do reguarly but with little success lately. he imports japenese cars for sale too so iv a good few japanese coins!!  ) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by Steel Talon
Hello All,
Thanks again! OK now I need to find a Red Book? and learn to identify HIgh Grade Coins.. Within the circulated coins does the High Grade mean Shiney and looks to be hardly handled? CAuse I have a found a couple 2000's that are sure purty!
Peace
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Our Forum Mom has some 2007 redbooks for sale at a pretty good discount. https://goccf.com/t/10728#10728As far as grading, I find it hard to differentiate between the MS levels. There is a book called Photograde by James Ruddy that is great for pre-MS levels of grading though. I'm sure there are books that probably cover the difference between a MS62 and 63 coin, but I have not looked for one yet. I'm sure someone can help you there. Our coin grading thread on here has a lot of photos and discussions as well. Hope this helps. |
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