Sunday, February 3, 2008

Kennedy Half Unpopular in Second Year

The 1965 Kennedy half dollar, unlike the wildly popular 1964 Kennedy, has not been a well-liked coin.

The situation was unavoidable since there was going to be a decrease in demand under any circumstance. The 1964 Kennedy half dollar was released while the memories of the assassination were still fresh in everyone's mind. In fact, to many it had been a sort of closure to a great national tragedy. People stood in lines for hours to get the first 1964 half dollars, and they cried when they looked at the coin....

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