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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1306002, member: 17919&quot;]That story could have some plausibility. However, few of the Kennedy silver half dollars really circulated to any extent. The 1964&#039;s were saved in large quantities first as mementos of the recently assassinated President, and later when that wore off, as the last of the 90% silver halves. The 1965 through 67 halves circulated to a certain extent, but once the Treasury announced the end of Silver Certificate redemption in 1968, the silver halves quickly disappeared. I still remember people back then telling me that they were saving all the half dollars they could get because the coins contained silver and the government was going to stop issuing them. In 1969, there was talk in numismatic publications of withdrawing silver entirely from the halves in 1970, so that provided more motivation to hoard half dollars. Looking at my own 40% halves, by far the ones in the best condition are the &#039;69&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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