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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3057279, member: 92083&quot;]Believe it or not, there are some Type 1 blanks (no rim) and Type 2 planchets (blanks that have a rim) that actually can be given either a range of dates or even a specific year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some have an exact range of dates because the type of metal and weight were only issued for certain years. For example, a 40% silver business strike and 40% silver proof dollar coin were only minted for Eisenhower dollars from 1971-1976 (no 1975s were stamped).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some can have a specific year, like an unstamped steel cent, because they were only made in 1943, or an unstamped 40% silver quarter which were only for 1976 bicentennials. I have even seen a 90% silver dollar planchet that was slabbed and dated from (I think) 1924 because someone found an entire roll of unopened 1924 Peace dollars and sent it unopened to either NGC or PCGS, and one of the coins in the roll was unstruck; thus, because it was never opened after leaving the Mint, they knew the exact year it had to be from (though they put the date in parentheses because the date wasn&#039;t stamped on it). There are also a few other reasons how they can tell an exact date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]766268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]766269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]766270[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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