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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caleb, post: 1306103, member: 32795&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">I agree with you that in the grand scheme of things, the population of PCGS certified coins are relatively small but how many collectors are maintaining their sets in slabs? I believe the majority of individuals that have collections of Kennedy half dollars either use a ‘Whitman’ or ‘Dansco’ album or keep them in 2X2s.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Most today, don’t realize or have forgotten that the ‘Coinage Act of 1965’ eliminated the use of mint marks or distinguishing features from our coinage but just because there is no mint mark on the coins dated 1965 – 1967 doesn’t mean that they were produced in Philadelphia. To the contrary, the new silver – clad composition authorized for the half dollars by the ‘Coinage Act of 1965’ were only produced by the Denver branch mint from 1965 – 1970 for circulation and SMS or proof examples were minted in San Francisco but no 40% Kennedy half dollars were minted at the facility in Philadelphia. </font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">When checking your 1969 Mint Sets, make sure you examine the reverse of the half dollar for the DDR-001; it is a nice double die variety.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Just to keep the series interesting because upgrades are far and few in-between for our current set, we have been having fun with the variety side of the series. We picked up a few new varieties not that long ago and I really like the 1970-S DDO-001 &amp; DDO-002. If you happen to have any varieties not listed in the below linked set or know where one is please drop me a note. </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1165" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1165" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1165</a></font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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