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Tribute to John F. Kennedy Continues to Be Popular. The 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar first went into circulation in January 1964. Although the coins were released, most immediately went into the hands of collectors or hoarders eager for a memento to the fallen president. Some banks initially limited customers to a maximum of 40 coins. This measure was put in place to prevent hoarding by collectors, yet more than 70,000 coins disappeared from circulation the first day. The Expansion of the Silver Proof Set.
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Archive for April, 2012. Tribute to John F. Kennedy Continues to Be Popular. The 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar first went into circulation in January 1964. Although the coins were released, most immediately went into the hands of collectors or hoarders eager for a memento to the fallen president. Some banks initially limited customers to a maximum of 40 coins. This measure was put in place to prevent hoarding by collectors, yet more than 70,000 coins disappeared from circulation the first day. Coin collecting...
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Archive for the ‘Coin Collecting’ Category. The Expansion of the Silver Proof Set. The new series also meant that the annual silver proof sets. Began to present nine different coins. The 1999 Silver Proof Set included the five quarters for that year, which were for the States of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia and Pennsylvania, as well as the Lincoln Cent, the Jefferson Nickel, the Roosevelt Dime and the 1999 Kennedy Half Dollar. Collecting Lincoln Cents Rare Finds in Common Places. The whea...
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The Expansion of the Silver Proof Set. Coin collecting would forever change in 1999, the the 50 State Quarters Program began. After more than a generation of completely static coinage designs (with the one exception of the 1976 bicentennial coinage), the quarter began to feature five different designs representing the states in the union. This proved to be an extremely popular concept and sparked renewed interest in collecting and altered the face of circulating coinage. A Rarity Among Double Eagles.