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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mtvd23, post: 1347479, member: 35408&quot;]My favorite series, although not worth much, is the United States Bicentennial Series. In celebration of 200th anniversary of the United States a contest was held nationwide to redesign the back of the Washington Quarter, Kennedy Half, and Eisenhower Dollar.&nbsp; 5,000 dollars was to be awarded to each winner. The winning designs were a colonial drummer and victory torch surrounded be 13 stars on the back of the quarter (my love of playing the drums is what drew me to these coins), Independence hall on the back of the Half dollar, and the Liberty Bell with the moon in the background on the dollar. They began minting the coins in 1975 putting the years 1776-1976 on the front of each coin. The coins were minted in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints. Because of a fear of not minting enough 1975 coins before the Bicentennial set mintage began (fear of causing a collecting hoard of the 1975 quarters, halves, and dollars) a bill was passed to continue minting 1974 until the Bicentennial set started minting. Because of the early minting in 1975 those of you looking for a 1975 quarter, half, or dollar will not find one. The proof and silver proofs were minted in San Francisco. Dollar coins minted in 1975 are considered type I and the dollar coins from 1976 are called type II (or Variety 1 and 2). The biggest change from 1975 to 1976 is they made the lettering sharper on the back of the dollar coin. From 1954 to 1973 the Department of the Treasury didn&#039;t pass any commemorative coins, until multiple attempts at the Bicentennial Set were proposed. They ended up minting way more coins then were needed for circulation and more than enough sets for collectors, making the bicentennial set have very little value in the collecting world. Regardless of this fact I am still a huge fan of the bicentennial coins and grab any of them I can find at face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I hope this has been informative and educational.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/mtvd23/IMG_0651.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/mtvd23/IMG_0654.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/mtvd23/IMG_0656.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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