Owner Comments:
1967 SMS KENNEDY HALF MS 67 ULTRA CAMEO.
NICE FROSTY EXAMPLE.
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THE QUALITY OF THE 1967 SMS HALF DOLLARS HAD IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE SMS COINS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. THE YEAR 1967 WOULD MARK THE LAST OF THE SMS SETS, WITH PRODUCTION OF PROOF SETS RESUMING FOR 1968.
ACCORDING TO THE NGC COIN EXPLORE WEBSITE, THE QUALITY OF THE 1967 SMS HALF DOLLARS AT TIMES SURPASSED THE QUALITY OF MANY OF THE 1968 PROOF HALFS TO FOLLOW. I OWN A 1968 GOVERNMENT ISSUED PROOF SET IN WHICH THE HALF DOLLAR EXHIBITS NO FROST AT ALL, AND THAT WAS TYPICAL IN 1968 FOR MOST PROOF SETS. MANY MODERN COLLECTORS, WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THE HIGH QUALITY OF MODERN DAY PROOF COINS, MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL A CAMEO COIN WAS IN THE 1960's. THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW SPECIAL IT WAS TO FIND AN ULTRA CAMEO COIN IN A PROOF SET PRIOR TO THE MID 1970's . I STILL RECALL THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW A NICELY FROSTED PROOF HALF DOLLAR IN PERSON . IT LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ME.
WELL, HERE IS A SPECIAL MINT SET COIN THAT PUTS MANY LATER PROOF COINS OF THAT ERA TO SHAME.