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Numismatic Facts
- Frank Gasparro designed the reverse of the 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar.
- The reverse of the Kennedy Half Dollar is based on the Presidential coat of arms.
- 1964 was the first year of issue for the Kennedy Half Dollar
- The 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar was the only 90 percent silver proof Kennedy Half.
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (designer of the $20 Saint Gaudens) also designed the
medal for the 1892 Columbian Expo.
- Both the dies and the planchets are polished when the mint produces a Proof coin.
- A Capped Die is actually a strike error.
- The first Buffalo 5c pieces show a bison standing on a mound.
- The 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Dollars wer the first souvenir gold coins
authorized by congress.
- The 1866 Shield 5c is 25% nickel.
- Adolph A. Weinman designed the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
- The Lafayette $1 was the first U.S. Commemorative Dollar.
- The initials SMS stands for Special Mint Set.
- The 1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar actually celebrates the 1919 Alabama Centennial.
- More $50 Pan-Pac Octagonal coins were issued the the $50 Pan-Pac Round.
- Jefferson faces left on the Jefferson 5c.
- The Reverse is generally the lower die at the U.S. Mint.
- 1964 was the last date Mint Marks were used on a coins reverse.
- An earthquake interrupted the work of the San Francisco Mint in 1906.
- The main offices of the U.S. Mint are in Washington, D.C.
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