Comments on: 2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half-Dollar Product Options

By: jeb

jeb — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:36:53 +0000

In reply to dave. CLAD 2 PIECE SET IS SATIN SO BACK TO 13 .... note in theory all 2014 are high relief

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:18:45 +0000

Realistic perhaps, Jim, but without a vision of what can be no one can rise to build a better nation. It’s not worth idolizing any of them–just people trying to do an almost impossible job, too often hampered by vicious obstructionism. During the last 60 or so years some have been pretty good men, others embarrassments in either their personal lives or by their gross incompetence. Perhaps, given the corruption and division within today’s government, and the forces that control and limit what a president can do, we shall never have a truly great one again.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:17:08 +0000

More idealistic then, more realistic now.
Also didn’t have as many Presidents to idolize then as now.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:59:56 +0000

I have no problem with continuing our half dollars or any other denomination for that matter. I just wish we could bring back the beauty of the older coins. Even on the bills as we change designs almost every other month with these ugly big face bills. Whatever happen’d to the real artistic design. The flow, the texture, the quality and mostly the beauty. It’s shameful.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:52:12 +0000

Put “K14” in the mint site. (Not that they make this easy for anyone to know since it’s not listed on the page for the Kennedy program.) You’ll see the following:

Mintage Limit: None
Product Limit: None
Household Order Limit: 5
Available by Subscription: No

Still a good deal at $9.95 + shipping. K13 and K15 refer to the other issues, and here’s an official link to them. Not that any of this is on the mint sales site, of course, since that would be too helpful:

http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&id=1592

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:40:34 +0000

Looks like I was waaaaaay off on my guess of the price. The mint has them priced at $9.95 for the 2 coin set. Nothing about mintage limits though.

By: jlogan

jlogan — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:43:17 +0000

half dollars should not be discontinued, but there should be attempts to get them back into circulation. i would much rather receive a half as change than 2 quarters. if they used the same methods to circulate the half that they did the $1 coin, it would probably become more popular because it doesnt have a bill of the same denomination to compete with.

By: Joe A.

Joe A. — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:34:23 +0000

The chart helped a lot. I’m going to copy it & use it as a “check off” list. With the list I can MAKE SURE I have all the 2014 Kennedy Half-Dollars. I just hope the prices are reasonable & affordable for me. The Gold Kennedy Half-Dollar might keep me from buying it graded by PCGS if the price is too high at first. But sometimes the prices are set high at first because of the high traffic & high demand. After a while the high demand slows down causing the coin’s price to drop some. This does happen, SOMETIMES! That is what happened to the 2012 Uncirculated Set. After the SELL OUT at the U.S. Mint you could not buy the 2012 Uncirculated Set for under $95. Things cooled down & now you can get the 2012 Set for $45 to $95 instead of $95 to $125.

By: Joe A.

Joe A. — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 02:09:00 +0000

I have been looking forward to the 50th Anniversary Set, or now sets. I try to first get from the U.S. Mint for the OGP and then on eBay as graded coins. I prefer PCGS slabs which command higher prices than the ANACS, ICG and depending on the coin even NGC. One thing I noticed is all the different labels the Grading Companies are using for the same coin and with that also different prices. FDOI LE, FIRST STRIKES, EARLY RELEASE and so on. Some times I can’t get the whole set at the same time so I get them one at a time. Because of the different labels, I’m not just looking for the rest of the coins in the set but also the same label which makes it a lot harder to have a matching set.
If I can ask, besides eBay where else can I buy graded coins with reasonable prices on PCGS coins? I’ve used Modern Coin Mart & that’s about it.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:54:27 +0000

It should be Congress and not Mint. Though since the halves are only minted for collectors it may be that the mint does have that capability but I doubt it. I think it will still be at Congress’ discretion when a coin goes extinct just as it is for all the commemorative coins and would be for the penny.