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An article I have seen said the U.S. mint did indeed produce some 1997 quarters (not bicentennial) but the shipment got mixed in with S.Vietnamese coins and were melted down by the N.Vietnamese. True?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know if it's true or not. This is the first time that I've ever heard this.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can personally confirm that the U.S. Mint did indeed mint 1997 non-bicemtenial quarter dollars. Not sure how many were melted down in North Vietnam.
Welcome to the forum!
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Valued Member
United States
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I believe that the U.S. Mint last produced coins for a foreign country in 1984. Since that Time, our Mint has struck coins exclusively for the United States. Might be wrong though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I assume we're talking about 1976/1977 and not 1996/97?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ty88ty2, nope. We're talking about 1997's.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
I have actually found quarters from 1997 while roll hunting so I can confirm they were minted
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm confused. What's special about 1997 quarters? Weren't there, like, a billion of these?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Maybe the OP has mistaken the US for Canada.
No Canadian quarters were struck for circulation in 1997.
But the Vietnamese connection ......?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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I have 1997 quarters in my collection and they were not hard to find. The 1976 quarter was produced in both 1975 and 1976 as the Bicentennial so no 1975.  These I heard were done as a joke. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those 1975 Kennedys (at least some of them) are overstrikes by Daniel Carr -- they show up occasionally on ebay and can sell in the $60-$90 range. |
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United States
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This OP reminds me of the old proverb of how many pancakes will fit in a doghouse.
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Valued Member
United States
320 Posts |
ok Badger Mint..Ill bite how many?........)))
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think sjcruiser was a little confused about the dates. He did mention Quote:
(not bicentennial) but used 1996 in his subject line and 1997 in the body of his post. sjcruiser  please clear up what date you are speaking of. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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An article I have seen said the U.S. mint did indeed produce some 1997 quarters (not bicentennial) The Bicentennial quarters were produced 21 years before the 1997's. |
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sjcruiser - do you have a link to this article? Sounds interesting
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