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#1 Unread post by daviDJimenez »

Hello to all good evening
so I have been doing a lot of research but I don't get it clear yet some people said is illegal to have this mint set and there is a lot of info out there but I can get it clear yet take a look and please help me with this mint set
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#2 Unread post by SensibleSal66 »

Illegal? That's funny.
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#3 Unread post by DSCoins »

Illegal? I guess every 1964 coin I find is Illegal. Darn I guess I will have to turn the rolls (searching) I found will need to be sent in to be destroyed. Either that or the Secret Service will be paying me a visit.
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May I ask "Where" have you been doing your research please?
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#6 Unread post by JTCC »

the set you had here is a ordinary 1964 MINT SET, the rare and sought-after one is the 1964 SPECIAL MINT SET, this set is common and certainly legal to own.
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#7 Unread post by Earle42 »

Thankfully, for now until the (illegal) Brandon administration gets their way, we live in a free country where any US coin is legal to own. Unlike other countries, this means even counterfeit coins are legal to OWN, but trying to use them is illegal.
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#8 Unread post by RevlisAg »

What makes "The Special Mint Set" different from David's "ordinary 1964 MINT SET"?

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#9 Unread post by daviDJimenez »

someone that I know told me is illegal to own these set of course i did not believe hem

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#10 Unread post by JTCC »

RevlisAg wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:26 pm What makes "The Special Mint Set" different from David's "ordinary 1964 MINT SET"?
the SMS was better struck than the MS, and the rareity. you can go to any coin shop and walk out with like ten 1964 mint sets easily, but there's only a few known examples of the 1964 SMS.
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#11 Unread post by daviDJimenez »

Do you guys think this is ordinary too? the envelope they were found came from the San Francisco mint
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daviDJimenez wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:41 pm Do you guys think this is ordinary too? the envelope they were found came from the San Francisco mint
yes, they are just your everyday mint sets.
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#13 Unread post by Triple C »

RevlisAg wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:26 pm What makes "The Special Mint Set" different from David's "ordinary 1964 MINT SET"?
Besides a Satin finish on the SMS coins, according to CoinWorld:
All of the SMS 1964 Kennedy half dollars are known to have been struck from a single pair of dies. Heritage identifies several die markers including “on the obverse, a tiny apostrophe-shaped lump of extra metal protruding from the bottom edge of the crosslet of the 4 in the date; on the reverse, a discernible die polishing line connecting the bottom tip of the lower crossbar of the (O)F to the A(MERICA), and another connecting the same crossbar of the (HAL)F to the rim near the D(OLLAR).”
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#14 Unread post by Daniel »

These are not satin finish, these are mint set, business strike coins, SMS coins were only found in a deceased mint employees home in 1991. 1964 SMS sets where not issued in mint cello or the collectors.

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#15 Unread post by Justice41ca »

daviDJimenez wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:32 pm someone that I know told me is illegal to own these set of course i did not believe hem
Daniel did a video about the SMS 1964 sought after set, that will answer your question.
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#16 Unread post by Earle42 »

You could check varietyvista.com and use the info there to see if your Kennedy halves are doubled dies or RPMs.

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If you do not find your coin using this easy method, then you most likely have a damaged coin or other issues like (non collectable) machine doubling, die deterioration doubling, etc. (look these up at error-ref.com)
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8

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