@-jeffB, thanks. That image and the other I posted were created at the same time. I can't spot any difficulty but ...?
It's the kind of problem that I like to dig into instead of finishing the work I'm supposed to do. I'll try to come back to it if I get a chance at some point...
You know your old when: "you were born when American currency was made of silver". That was before my time. And unfortunately for me, none of the coins that were produced on the year I was born are really worth anything unless it's a special deal (proof, error, etc.).
I "knew I was old" when I was standing in line at the pharmacy, and the woman with two kids in front of me recited her birth date, and it was after I started college. That was close to 20 years ago. I was wrong. I'm still not old quite yet.
What gets me feeling old is when I am at the liquor store buying a super lottery ticket and I see the sticker stating the date that you have to be born on or before in order to purchase alcohol..... and I remember that specific year quite well. And as I'm walking out of the liquor store it dawns on me. I've been playing lottery for almost more years then that year on the sticker to buy alcohol. And I've yet won anything substantial
I was a very young college student when I learned about variable-ratio intermittent reinforcement. Knowing about it was enough to keep me away from the lottery.
We hired a kid as an apprentice electrician in 2019. He was born in 2001. His parents and grandparents were younger than me (for some reason he had all that information in the new hire packet). I went through the file then said to myself I should retire. I thought better of it and I continue to work, I enjoy what I do.
I have a few sets. Haven't yet memorialized my birth year. I am still too young. 1975. I have found that nothing excites me about the year. Maybe one day!
Other than that there were no quarters, halves or dollars minted with that date? (Yes I said MINTED, not "overstruck" )
I love this idea! I always save my birth year coins but have yet to have any graded. I'm sure your children appreciated this wonderful rare gift!!!!
Yeah, I don't remember the exact reasoning, but the Mint decided to issue the Bicentennial coins (quarters, halves, and dollars dated "1776-1976") in both 1975 and 1976. So 1975 proof sets and mint sets had cents, nickels and dimes dated 1975, and quarters, halves, and dollars dated 1776-1976. The Mint never made quarters, dimes, or halves dated 1975. I was a young teen at the time, and I guess I'd already fallen away from the hobby, because I didn't realize this myself until many years later.
Just to clarify. Cents, nickels and dimes were minted with dates of 1975 and 1976. Quarters, halves and dollar coins had dual dates 1776-1976 in 1975 and 1976. Only the dollar coins could be distinguished by year by the type 1 (1975) and type 2 (1976) reverses. And even the 2 types are not exactly certain to the year minted.
