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Waiting in Line Outside the National Bank and Trust Co. to Buy the New Kennedy Half Dollar, March 1964 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Waiting in Line Outside the National Bank and Trust Co. to Buy the New Kennedy Half Dollar, March 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 24, 1964
Caption:
CASH CUSTOMERS: Braving spring's snow for the privilege of being the first persons to "buy" John K. Kennedy half-dollars at the National Bank and Trust Co. this morning were (left to right) Pat Chase, John Green and brothers Fred, bobby and DeWitt Curtiss. The Curtiss brothers were in line at 8 a.m. Their companions joined the queue at 9 a.m. By 10:30 a.m. today, the bank had distributed all but a handful of its $2,500-worth of the 50-cent pieces. Below is a close-up of $2.50.

$2.50 worth of the new Kennedy half dollar, March, 1964 Photographer: Duane Scheel

$2.50 worth of the new Kennedy half dollar, March, 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 24, 1964
Caption:
CASH CUSTOMERS: Braving spring's snow for the privilege of being the first persons to "buy" John K. Kennedy half-dollars at the National Bank and Trust Co. this morning were (left to right) Pat Chase, John Green and brothers Fred, bobby and DeWitt Curtiss. The Curtiss brothers were in line at 8 a.m. Their companions joined the queue at 9 a.m. By 10:30 a.m. today, the bank had distributed all but a handful of its $2,500-worth of the 50-cent pieces. Below is a close-up of $2.50.