1968 Mint Set & 1964 Proof Set

Hello, Jheitzig. What you have are the 1968 uncirculated mint sets. You have coins from the Denver and Philadelphia mints. The Philadelphia mint did not make a half dollar that year, which is why the plastic token is in its place. The San Francisco mint did mint cents for circulation until 1974, so the S cent is included in the Philadelphia mint set packaging. There is no S on the dime or quarter because they were minted in Philadelphia and Philly coins did not carry a mint mark until 1980 (the exception being the 1979 Susan B Anthony dollar.)

Feel free to attach a picture of the 1964 proof set. We will be able to tell you if it's an example of the accented hair variety (not error since it was a design that was intentionally made, but then switched at the request of Jackie Kennedy).

I believe your 1968 mint set question is resolved, so we do not need any pictures to provide you with more information, but feel free to post them if you'd like.

and Druu did an excellent job with his reply.

Thank you all for the feedback.

For my 1964 proof set, I'm feeling optimistic because I see a matching G on the back of the quarter and the nickel has a a kind of goldish patina to it along with the other coins. You can probably assume it's from handling the coins as the made the set. The penny has a very clean but dark copper color, to bad I can't get my photos uploaded for you guys, too big is says.

I'll have to get them professionally checked out maybe?

The I looks right on the front, the hair is heavier and the G on the back looks like this one, plus the nickel looks really cool.

The "tint" or coloring is called "toning" in the coin collecting world. Many folks like toned coins, but some don't care for them.

I have accented hair Kennedy and the easiest way I can tell is looking at the reverse at the rays where the 4 stars are between the eagle's head and right wing (as you look at it). I know my photos are crappy, but hopefully you can see what I mean (I circled the incomplete or broken parts of the rays). I put a normal Kennedy below it for comparison.

Accented hair Kennedy:


Normal Kennedy for comparison:

Bummer. But, you said quarter, you meant Kennedy half, right?