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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caleb, post: 1683033, member: 32795&quot;]<font face="arial"><font size="2"></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3">Short answer, no.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3">The &quot;Retention of 1964 on All Coin Act&quot; passed in Sept 1964 authorized the US Mints to continue production of all coins beyond 1964 using the present metal content.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">On July 23, 1965, the “Coinage Act of 1965” was signed into law, some of the things it allowed was the removal of silver from the dime and quarter dollar, reduced the silver content of the half dollar to 40%, re-opens the San Francisco facility as a coinage production facility, allows the continuation of striking 90% silver coins dated 1964, suspends the use of mint marks or other distinguishing marks on coinage and banned the production of silver dollars for a five year period.</span></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">EDIT TO ADD:&nbsp; The 1964-D Peace Dollars were made after the</span><span style="color: #222222"> &quot;Retention of 1964 on All Coin Act&quot; but before the </span><span style="color: #000000"> “Coinage Act of 1965”</span></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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