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Is there any reason to hold onto these in large quantities?
I pickup rolls of half dollars whenever I can at the bank and just spend whatever doesn't go into my circulated set. However for whatever reason I have always set aside the bicentennial ones. Is there any premium for face over these or should I just stop the insanity and spend/deposit them?
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I like to keep mine, along with the Bicentennial quarters.  I have hoards and hoards of them. See, I just dont what my future kin to say, "I can't believe you spent those quarters and halves! They are priceless nowadays." Lol. |
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I have rolls of BU ones from mint sets that I haven't been able to sell off on ebay. I did sell one roll for $12 but that's hardly a money making margin. |
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They were minted for two years, so there's tons and tons of them out there. I suppose you could keep the very nicest ones, but I don't think they're going to be a key date or anything. I think high grade 1982 and 1983 would be the ones to watch out for because there were no mint sets that year. |
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I used to just get rid of these halves as I didn't see snything worthwhile in them at all. I wouldn't even give them a look - just ditched them as soon as I got them without another look. Without the past few weeks I happened to find an "S" minted coin. As I was trying to fill up an album of Kennedy's I looked at it as a clad coin and went to fill in a slot in the album (as I knew it was vacant) and happened to see that not only was there 90% proof but 40% also. As it happened it turned out to be a 40% business strike.
You can rest assured that I won't be ditching them to fast without checking their mintmark in the future. So some are worthwhile keeping, but you probably have to look high and far to find the ones that are worth keeping.
Keep looking..................
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Quote:Bicentennial Kennedy halves .... Is there any reason to hold onto these in large quantities? Nope...... valueless beyond face in the numismatic world. And even likely still for your childrens children and beyond. Use your energy and storage capacity for " other" directions with your coin searching. Average circulated Bicentennials are not going to "net" you anything now or in the future. Edited by eaglefoot
05/31/2012 08:32 am
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Average circulated Bicentennials are not going to "net" you anything now or in the future. Not completely true. If those were to be placed in a time capsule, hidden somewhere to be found in about 5,000 years, whoever finds them could well be rich IF in that time coins would still be worth whatever is used.  |
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Ha ha, not even sure if they'd be worth more than face value 5000 years from now. Ok, well if they are worth more than face value by then, they surely wouldn't have kept up with the inflation rate!!
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If they are circulated, I would spend them. BU might be worth saving, but they won't go up much, in the next few decades.
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I would let the circulated ones go back into the wild. I have one of each (Silver Proof) Bicentennials; two bits, four bits and the dollar in my 7070.
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05/31/2012 3:32 pm
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Maybe. In 5,000 years. I wonder if in 5,000 years someone would get the same dumb look on their faces, like today, if they saw someone trying to spend them. By me you get odd looks if you pull out a $2 bill or any half dollar. |
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i used to save all of them when I was a kid I had 100s of bicentennial halves and ikes now I only have proof and silver ones |
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I think you should always keep your eye out for the Kennedy's. It's always seemed to me that some underinformed person is out there dumping them back into a bank after finding grandpa's stash, including proofs, 40%ers, etc, even for the bicentennials.
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I did sell one roll for $12 but that's hardly a money making margin. Sure it is. ebay and paypal made $1.80!  |
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Nope...... valueless beyond face in the numismatic world.
And even likely still for your childrens children and beyond. Ummmm, not true. I have sold many VF and higher rolls at a profit. Now, anything less than that, then yeah, not more than face. So to answer the question, yes, save them IF they ar ein good shape. Be discriminating about it. |
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Posted 05/30/2012 11:32 pm
