There's nothing like feeling you've gotten a bargain...

Greetings Collectors,

The mailman was good to me today. I have met a real nice guy through eBay who has tons of Kennedy halves. He is a "Kennedy man" from the word go. He just sent me a full pristine roll of each 40% Kennedy less the "S" mint marks for the entire 1960's run. What makes these halves so nice is that each was from a "broken-up" SMS "special mint sets". All the coins at 1st glance look as nice as any "non cameo" proof in a grade of 67-68 or better. I'm sure that if I go through each coin from the five rolls I got, they're may be some cameos in the bunch. I won't be having any of these graded but if I were to, I firmly believe that there would be quite a few MS/PF 68's and maybe even a "69" or two. I'm coming to the end of my buying binge on these 40% silver coins and actually after all the odd numbered lots of these coins I have purchased, I was lacking 17 coins to make my last roll. So these "extra #17" were supposedly nothing special coins, I bought "on top of" the other 5 rolls. A couple were scratched and a couple were from regular circulation but at least 12 were of as high a quality as the pristine roll coins of the solid dates. I got the 1965, '66, '67, '68-D, & the 1969-D. Along with the 17 pictured here, that I bought to make up my last roll.

Also received in the mail two more 500 gram 1/2 kilo blocks from an old refiner named: Lawrence & Sons. This makes a total of 4 bars this size along with a very rare 1-ounce version from the same refiner. Of the two bars shown below, the one on the left is a "reverse stamped" error bar, the only one like it of the four I have this size. Yes I think this silver buying binge has finally come to an end. I have a couple of coins that I am going to try and strike a deal on between now and Christmas. And while I have bought this last bunch of silver about $2 off its high, I will continue to see if this "mini correction" has any "staying power" and will maybe pull the trigger on a little more if I see the likes of $22-$23 per ounce anytime soon. Hope all is well with all of you and that you are "not forgetting" to keep your "addictions fed".

Silver to gold ratio is slightly higher at 52.923

Happy Collecting!

WKF