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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1391457, member: 15929"]The design of the coin began in 1970 but was only authorized when Nixon signed the law on Dec 31st, 1970. That Galvano had the 1970 date on it (I believe). The US Mint presented the Eisenhower Family with a couple of Galvano's for their private collection and those had the 1970 Date on them. They were, however, not the Galvanos used for production which obviously had a 1971 Date. Rob Ezerman was able to photograph one of the "presentation" Galvanos while visiting the Eisenhower Museum and that photo is on the IKE Groups web page. So......... The "original" Galvano probably had the 1970 Date.The "presentation" Galvano's (1 pair was in fact donated to the ANA Museum) definitely had the 1970 Date.The original "production" Galvano's may have had a 197 Date or possible a 1971 Date. I do not know for sure.[/QUOTE]