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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was just wondering which clad halves are worth plucking from circulation. I have a number of 1986 P's & D's and a bunch of 1983 P's, which are AU-low MS. For some odd reason I thought that these were worth saving. Are they? Or should I spend them at face on a nice coin that I know has some value?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Not sure why but the 1986 P & Ds seem to be worth a premium. My krause only lists ms-65 and above. The 83's are not special though.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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leebreeze- hmmm yeah I'm not sure why I thought that the 1983s were worth a premium. And as for the 1986s, do you think that, say an MS61, is worth anything above face?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The MS supply of 82s and 83s is lower than other years since no mint Sets were issued on those two years. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
So do you guys think I should keep these or I should spend them at face on a nice coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think they are worth keeping. A lot of lower mintages and especially 82, 83 and 86. From roll searching, finding decent AU-MS coins from the 80s is very very difficult.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mycrob- ah, so they are worth it. how much do you think that they are worth? (I really have a hard time trusting RedBook's ridiculously high values) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
Well right now, I'd say any of the low MS 80s JFKs would be $1 minimum up to a couple of dollars, depends on high high the MS rating is. Still, reasonably cheap to put together a high grade set. I can tell you it is very very difficult to put together an MS set pulling coins from circulation. I have been working on mine for more than 10 years, going through 10s of thousands of halves and I still don't have MS on some of the 80s. Maybe its geography.
I think this sleeper series will get a boost in prices, but it may take another 10-15 years. It depends on your goals of collecting. If you collecting to hope for an increase in value so you can sell in a year or two, don't bank on it for the JFK series.
Look at 1987- this was only available in mint sets, very low mintage, but the price for those coins in MS65 is maybe $5, which is crazy low.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mycrob- hmm that is very interesting that they are hard to find. In all honesty most of mine were all found at one bank over a few years. In fact I once found a complete 1983 P BU roll that was just in a paper roll.(It is now tubed though). Do you actually tend to find a lot of coins from that decade but in lower grades or are all just scarce in general?
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't know if they're worth more but I will say that I don't encounter as many of those dates as many of the others while roll searching. There are a ridiculous number of 71, 72, 73, 74, 76. in circ still it seems like half or more of every roll is comprised of those dates.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My suggestion is to keep as many of those as you can afford. The reason is half dollars are becoming a thing of the past and many banks do not handle them anymore and that includes attempting to order them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is just the banks being difficult, not because of any shortage of the coins.
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Valued Member
United States
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I keep 1982's, 1983's,1986's and 1988's. In my experience, the 1988's are actually the toughest to find of the 4 dates.
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