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New Member
United States
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Just got this email from Littleton Coin Company and was just hoping to get some feedback from the more skilled collectors. They are selling the 18-coin set for $75 and I thought it was a pretty good deal for these unreleased half dollars. Still paying my way through graduate school which has cut into my collecting but this is pretty inexpensive what I'm assuming is a nice set. Any thoughts about this one? Here is the link as well: http://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp...C91302%7C%7C |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No way, seems way pricey. Although they weren't intended for circulation, they are not rare and are not expensive. At $75 for the 18 coins you are paying over $4 per coin and that is a crazy rip-off big-time.
Edited by spaceace
08/18/2010 12:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That price comes out to $4+ a coin. I think you can do better on E-bay for about $3 a coin with free shipping.
However, getting them all at once may appeal to you, and worth the additional cost.
Just my $0.02.
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the help guys. I just wasn't sure what the value of these are/was/could be since they are uncirculated and not officially released. I guess I never did check ebay; does seem pretty silly to pay $4 for $0.50 but the fact they came in the full set is what kind of appealed to me. Thanks again. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Way to high. I got mine on ebay 01-10 for $24 shipped. Thats 20 coins. I wouldn't pay more than a dollar a piece. Once you get enough posts on here there are people that probably have them for trade or sale. They pick them up roll searching. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't pay too much attention to the face value, some Kennedy coins are much much more than face value. I just think you could find mostm of these P&D coins for $1-$3. Depends on the condition of course, but you should be able to score all these 18 coins for under $40 (although it wouldn't be all at once in a set, but it could be more fun getting them slowly and of course you'll save a good chunk of change)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree, $4 each way too high. $1 is perhaps the lowest you can get them, though $1.50-2 each is reasonable.
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll note that most roll searchers (myself included) usually find quite a few of the recent halves that were not intended for circulation and for face value too. Try looking through some rolls from a local bank and see what you get. They might not be the highest grade, but they are usually pretty nice.
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Valued Member
United States
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Quote:You can get a roll of each from the mint for $32.95.... http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wc...tegory=10156 I missed the part where it said 2002-2010. My bad.  I was in Wisconsin last month and found an antique shop had all those halves for I think $2.50 each (or whatever 50cents over Red Book is). They had binders on uncirulated coins probably going back to the 1950s. I need to find a place like that out in CT. |
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