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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1753069, member: 66&quot;]Felix Schlag did not die until 1974.&nbsp; He was present at the ceremony in 1966 when the first coins with his initials were produced and he was given the first two coins struck with his initials.&nbsp; (Some sources say they were proofs, but even Schlag said they were not proofs, just business strikes.)&nbsp; Unfortunately Schlag did not keep them separate as anything special and he lost track of them.&nbsp; The reason Schlag gave for why he did not put his initials on the coin originally was that he didn&#039;t know he could.&nbsp; (Frankly it is just as well because the Jefferson nickel as it was produced bears little resemblance to Schlag&#039;s winning design.&nbsp; It actually bears a striking resemblance to the design submitted by another contestant.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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