Silver In Modern Commemoratives

I collect the Gov. Issues I like plus I will get a Cameo Proof of my favorites.

Aalmcc as far as which is more expensive it all really depends on what you want. As an entire set the proofs are generally more expensive especially if you do a graded 70 set, but individual coins vary whether or not the ms or proof is more expensive.

Commems my comments might only be applicable to the graded 70 dollars as a whole set. On second thought it may actually be true that the ms do usually go for more as theres a couple of the proofs that go for big money that may be over influencing the overall price. 6 of the proof dollars have populations under 20 with 4 of those being under 10 but the MS also has 6 coins with pops under 20 for the dollars.

The proof 70 high jump is so expensive compared to the rest it really does throw everything off looking at overall set prices. I may have also been over influenced by ebay asking prices of late in my searches without actually checking how many of them are selling. Looking at it now you are right (surprising I know ) more of the ms coins go for more than the proofs, but I think the highest priced individual coin of both series is a proof.

Ive actually been working a lot on my modern 70 half dollar set of late, and I could just be getting lucky, but I've had a MUCH easier time locating reasonably priced MS halfs than the PF ones. Theres two exceptions to that being the Army half and the Washington half as PCGS MS 70s do not exist for them. As far as the others only 3 of the MS have populations lower than 25 or lower only 1 lower than 20 while the proofs have 8 25 or lower and 4 lower than 20.

Looking back I should have specified that I was talking about the pcgs 70s as I am unfamiliar with a lot of the raw prices.

Interesting discussion.

I am in the same camp as commems, in that the BU commemorative dollars are the set to collect.

basbal21 .. it is also interesting about the 1996 High Jump in PR70. Numismedia.com has it priced at over $13,000.

My first impression is that, as more collectors see this price is so high, there will be more coins sent in to be graded. "IF" that does happen we could see this price drop.

With a mintage of 124,502, there is a good possibility there are a lot more PR70 coins out there.