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I know there aren't any 1975 dated Kennedy halves, but are there any specific mint marks or strikes that would tell me if one was minted in 1975 or 1976? |
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Thre is only one way- get the halves from a 1975 Mint Set or Proof Set.
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Thre is only one way- get the halves from a 1975 Mint Set or Proof Set. I wonder if any of the TPG's would but that on a slab like they do for the bullion silver Eagles with the (W) or (S). |
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I actually just had that idea pop into my head, too. However, that brings into question whether you can be sure that a 1976 mint/proof set Kennedy was minted in '76 or if it was leftovers from '75. Basically my goal is to have a date range set of Kennedy halves and I thought it would be great to have legitimate 1975 and 1976 minted coins for those years instead of skipping 1975. Edited by tkbslc
07/23/2014 2:01 pm
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If the only way to get a '75 half dollar is to break open a '75 mint set, does the TPG's grade such a half as a '75 year model. Something similar they were doing for the ASE's that were found only in the monster boxes created or minted in San Francisco a few years ago? |
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Actually tkbslc and jack jeckel it looks like that question come to all of us at about the same time.
tkbslc your question about the '76 proof sets brings up a question about type 1 and type 2 coins. This same situation also has popped up in many U.S. coins so why not for this particular coin.
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Yes, 1975 and 1976 Eisenhower dollars, on the other hand, are quite easy to differentiate.  |
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Based on some more reading, I'm guessing they used the same dies for the whole run of halves, unlike with the dollars where they switched to a sharper die for 1976. There may literally be no way to tell. You'd have to assume that with all the error and variety hunters out there, a variety of one of the most popular coins would be well known.
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I mark the ones I break out of 75 mint and proof sets as 75s. Quarters as well. Perhaps this idea should be put to one of the TPGs. Label it 1976 (75). That would be pretty cool I think
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And I mean I mark the holder, not the coin.
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But like I asked earlier. How do you identify the 1976 ones then? Unless you can do that then there is no point in marking 75s
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A 75 or 76 coin broken out from their respective sets by the TPG would be a good work around. Again like the ASE. |
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Elimination. If its not marked 75 it is a 76. The issue is not recognising a 76. It is doing something to differentiate the 75.
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So for 100% certain the 1976 sets would not contain left over 1975's? They minted probably 100,000,000 in 1975 at two mints.
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Quote: 1975 and 1976 Eisenhower dollars, on the other hand, are quite easy to differentiate. Not really since the business strike Type II Ikes began production in 1975. They didn't wait until the end of 1975 to switch over to the new hubs. All of the 1975 mint set dollars are Type I and the 76 sets are type II, but a type II business strike not in the set could have been made in either year. |
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I guess if you left the coins in the proof sets you'd have one marked 1975 and 1976 (on the mint holder). Maybe that's what I'll do.
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Posted 07/23/2014 1:03 pm
