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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2027898, member: 112&quot;]Have they ? And if so, when did these improvements occur ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That change occurred at the end of 2001, not just recently. Kennedy halves dated 2002, and from then on, were not minted for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the following numbers do not specifically address the dates asked about by the OP. These numbers were gathered by Mark Ferguson and published in Coin World in April of 2005. And they certainly do indicate a change, a drastic change, but a change in what ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Kennedy half</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC</p><p><br /></p><p>MS69 pop at the end of 2003 - 0</p><p>MS69 pop at the end of 2004 - 1</p><p>MS70 pop at the end of 2003 - 0</p><p>MS70 pop at the end of 2004 - 0</p><p>PF69 DCAM pop at the end of 2003 - 14,431</p><p>PF69 DCAM pop at the end of 2004 - 29,375 - increase of 200%</p><p>PF70 DCAM pop at the end of 2003 - 568</p><p>PF70 DCAM pop at the end of 2004 - 1,555 - increase of 270%</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS</p><p><br /></p><p>MS69 pop at the end of 2003 - 759</p><p>MS69 pop at the end of 2004 - 1,074 - increase of 40%</p><p>MS70 pop at the end of 2003 - 134</p><p>MS70 pop at the end of 2004 - 141 - neglible increase</p><p>PF69 DCAM pop at the end of 2003 - 29,181</p><p>PF69 DCAM pop at the end of 2004 - 96,323 - increase of 330%</p><p>PF70 DCAM pop at the end of 2003 - 1,460</p><p>PF70 DCAM pop at the end of 2004 - 2,214 - increase of 65%</p><p><br /></p><p>Between the end of 2003 and the end of 2004 the mint didn&#039;t change anything. They were still using the same presses, to mint the same coins from the same planchets. And business strikes were still handled the same way, and Proofs were still handled the same way. Nothing changed at the mint during that single year.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, what is the only thing left that could have changed ?</p><p><br /></p><p>And for those that have access to the pop numbers, you might want to compare the numbers above, to the numbers they show today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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