COIN TRIVIA
DID YOU KNOW????
Remember, when you purchase a coin, you also receive a piece of history, and given as a gift, it is always worth something.
- That the Kennedy half dollar has been issued in three different metallic varieties - .900 Fine Silver in 1964, .400 clad silver from 1965 - 1970 and cupro-nickel clad copper since 1971.
- That more examples of the Kennedy half dollar were produced during its first eight years than the combined production of half dollars in the previous 170 years.
- That the Peace Dollar represents the first time where the word "Peace" was used on a coin of any nation.
- That the U.S. Mint has no record that the 10 1884 and 5 1885 proof Trade dollars known to exist were ever produced. If this is true, then the coins are illegal.
- That when the mint gets ready to produce proofs, both the dies and the coin blanks are polished.
- That the test performed to determine the purity of a metal in a coin is called an assay.
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