I Ordered 2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half Dollar Gold

PCGS First Strike cutoff date is September 3rd...so coins shipped by that date are eligible..if RECEIVED by you after 9/3 (but shipped by 9/3) you can still submit via sealed Mint shipping box.

Coins shipped after 9/3 can still be sent to PCGS for grading and sealed Mint shipping boxes are not needed..just the coin in the capsule.

It will not be a cheap event either way....considering the high mintage numbers, graded coins will be plentiful

Your choice but it would be a nice coin just to keep as is...not an investment but a collectible gold coin.

I had 4 ordered in the 1st 2 hours and all would have been FS eligible...but I cancelled them all due to mintage numbers....I might order one in a couple of months to keep ungraded

Ordering 4 in one order was way took pricey for me...if I had ordered 1-2 maybe I would have kept them. I also would have kept the 4 if the 1st day numbers were much lower. These will be readily available and margin will be low. Spot was not a factor.

I am an "order a bunch, get them graded, sell most and keep the rest for free" kinda guy...I didn't see that selling 3 would cover the 4th (after grading/shipping/selling costs)

I will order a raw coin from the Mint and I'm considering ordering an already graded PF 70 (Kennedy "Ask not" label) from MCM ($1699.. with no worries about getting a waste of money PF69) for ME. Nice looking coin and slab.

Update on the MCM $1699 idea:

I bought two from Paridise Mint (on ebay) for $1604 and $1614 each...probably drop significantly in price now

i just closed the deal from ebay seller coinart2006 $1600. ngc pf70, I'm excited

Nice pickup on ebay. The guy who sold it to you took a big loss if he bought it directly from the mint.

I ordered five which was more than I had planned to originally, but being a contrarian sort, when I saw the large numbers of collectors who had ordered and then cancelled, I decided to continue and follow through with my original order. They are now on their way to PCGS, all five, and my best guess is two or three PR70DCAM and the rest PR69DCAM. I asked for the regular First Strike JFK label (I could care less about Chicago). Plus, I ordered one PR70DCAM PCGS with the same label from another larger dealer for our personal collection. So I will end up with five gold Kennedys as trade bait. My feeling based on long experience (I ordered my first proof sets from the Mint in 1962) is that in the long run these coins will do just fine. Yeah, at $1240 plus grading (about $67/each with the label and fees) they are not cheap, but they do have considerable downside protection in the form of 3/4 oz. of pure gold. (And there are several unforeseen-but-possible scenarios that could drastically increase demand. Think about it.)

I don't mind hanging on to something like this two or three years until all the weak sellers run out of product.

Just one man's HO.

Best Regards,

George

I can't figure out why some of you are buying the PR70DCAM's from ebay and secondary vendors when you can just buy them from the mint for less than $1,300.
If the mint sends you one that doesn't rate a '70', then you can always mail it back and try it again.

I don't understand your math....




...and, after getting your coin, how can you be sure it is a 70 before submitting? I've seen a lot of 69's that look like 70's to me