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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1876115, member: 68&quot;]These are pretty well known but ignored because they&#039;re ugly.&nbsp; As the production of the 40% sets was winding down in July, &#039;76 (IMS) the mint reinterpreted the authorizing legislation as mandating 14 million coins rather than limiting production to this number.&nbsp; With time quickly running out they cut dies and ran out huge numbers of 40% Unc coins for the three piece sets and dumped them in steel drums which appear to have been then rolled to Tucson and back.&nbsp; The coins are poorly made on gh speed presses and banged up.&nbsp; The stockpiles of the nice sets were sold out before these started being sold probably in &#039;77 or late &#039;76. These new sets were packaged like the old ones but the plastic sleeve had no white stripe.&nbsp; These remained on sale untol they began gettting melted around 1981.&nbsp; Indeed, for a very brief period in 1979 they neglected to raise the price fast enough to keep up with rising silver pricesand sets could be purchased at near melt value.&nbsp; For this reason and because the coins are ugly almost the entire mintage was melted.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Today they remain the red headed step child but this might change in the future when collectors realize they are distinctly different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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