Some 5,000,000 half dollars were struck, far beyond the actual demand, and half of them were melted. The appropriation did not cure the fair's financial woes, as fewer than 400,000 were sold at the premium price, and some 2,000,000 were released into circulation, where they remained as late as the 1950s. The pieces can be purchased in circulated condition for less than $20; coins in near-pristine state sell for about $1,000, far less than the $10,000 the makers of the Remington Typewriter paid as a publicity stunt in 1892 for the first specimen struck.@kerrislravenhill
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Thanks for sharing the history, @stokjockey. Yes, these 19th Century beauties, are turning up, in the junk box, at the Local Coin Shop, lately. An occasional AU, turns up, every once in a while, for the same price, as an average, circulated, Silver JFK, Silver Kennedy Half-Dollar.
Neither of my three local coin stores carried any Columbus halves during my vacation last summer and so i resorted to that silly little stuffbay auction site to get one.
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