I remember hearing somethng of that sort, but was worried that I might have heard wrong! Thanks for clarifying it.
I have to make a correct to my last post. I check the records and Philadelphia did not strike half dollars in 1965 either. So no Philadelphia struck halves from 1965 through 1970.
Oh really! I thought I heard that all circulating 1965-1970 half dollars were made at the Denver Mint. But Sanfransisco did the SMS strikes I believe. Maybe I should stop second guessing myself!
Mintage figures circulation strikes 1965 Philadelphia 0 Denver 63,049,366 San Francisco 470,000 1966 P 0 D 106,439,312 S 284,037 1967 p 0 D 293,183,634 S 0 And yes San Francisco did strike all the SMS coins.