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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This has always been on my mind. Why were 1976 dated coins included in 1975 mint sets? I know it was the bicentennial but still why omit 1975 dated quarters, dollars, and halves?
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Moderator
 United States
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Easy, because there were no 1975 dated Quarters, Half Dollars, or Dollars! For what its worth, the 1976 Type I Eisenhower dollars were made in 1975, the Type II were made in 1976. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it was to create enough so there wouldn't be a rush to get them. Anyways, all bicentennial coins were struck for 2 years, 1975 and 1976 and all bore the dual date 1776-1976
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I know there weren't 1975 dated Quarters, Half Dollars, or Dollars but it would have been nice instead of leaving a gap in my collection of those denominations.
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United States
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Just curious, why do you have a gap? What kind of set are you building?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
It just seems odd to have a quarter set for example that skips a year.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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There was actually a rush to get the coins because everyone was so hyped up because the US was going to be 200 years old. Everyone wanted to be the first to obtain the coins from circulation.
People saved them like crazy.
I do like the 3 coin 40% silver set of 1776-1976 coins.
I can also remember going to the post office with a 2 dollar bill to get an stamp on it and the July 4, 1976 date on it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It just seems odd to have a quarter set for example that skips a year. You mean like 1933?  And it souldn't seem that odd, a lot of series have at least one skipped date in them. Sometimes more than one. |
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United States
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I agree with Conder. I'm working on a dollar date set right now. You wanna talk about skipping years, a dollar run is full of holes and late date resurrections. The Morgan and Anthony dollars both did that, and Peace dollars technically did it twice if you count the ill fated 1964 coinage. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They wanted to release the bicentennial issues early (July 4, 1975 if memory serves) which means the 1975 issues would have been made for only a few months. There was a concern that they would be low mintage and hoarded which might be a problem if the '76 issues were hoarded as well. So rather than accept this risk the enabling legislation allowed them to strike 1974 coinage well into 1975 which also accounts for the relatively high '74 mintages.
The '76 type I's were only produced up through about September of 1975 so some type II's were made in '75.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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08/07/2009 11:50 pm
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