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<p>[QUOTE="Tim C, post: 3581235, member: 71569"]No problem. You are free to believe whomever you want.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a long time ago that there is truth in the saying, “you can bring a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to the creation of the Kennedy Half Dollar, most reasonable people would take the documented words from the two designer and engravers of the coin that was involved in the project from conception to production.</p><p><br /></p><p>You say that Rick Tomaska “claims to have interviewed former Mint employees who worked at the Mint during those times and compiled his info from those interviews.” Can you site the source where Tomaska made such claim or is this something that you just made up? I understand that there is no sense in letting small things like ‘fact’ get in the way of a good story. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did notice that Rick Tomaska, in his book, A Guide Book of FRANKLIN & KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS (pp. 138, under History of the Kennedy Half Dollar) writes: “In fact, Mint Director Eva Adams authorized work on the coin as early as November 27, and the first dies were completed by January 2, 1964.” Funny how this information is found in Gilroy Roberts statement that you don’t believe (LOL).</p><p><br /></p><p>You state that, “My big problem with the Mint report is if a couple of coins were given to Mrs. Kennedy for approval, then how did 100,000 coins get placed into proof sets? Were the dies saved and placed into service later in order to save money?” No and No. Even Tomaska states that the first dies were completed by January 2, 1964. The coin(s) that Mrs. Kennedy were shown on December 17, 1963, were trial strikes (not coins from production). The coins shown to the Secretary of the Treasury on December 27, 1963, were the second trial strikes showing the modifications that Mrs. Kennedy suggested, from this the production dies were tooled.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not believe it is as common as you try to make it out that government employees deliberately ‘mask’ or falsify government records. Guess if you don’t like the message you shoot the messenger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tim C, post: 3581235, member: 71569"]No problem. You are free to believe whomever you want. I learned a long time ago that there is truth in the saying, “you can bring a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. When it comes to the creation of the Kennedy Half Dollar, most reasonable people would take the documented words from the two designer and engravers of the coin that was involved in the project from conception to production. You say that Rick Tomaska “claims to have interviewed former Mint employees who worked at the Mint during those times and compiled his info from those interviews.” Can you site the source where Tomaska made such claim or is this something that you just made up? I understand that there is no sense in letting small things like ‘fact’ get in the way of a good story. I did notice that Rick Tomaska, in his book, A Guide Book of FRANKLIN & KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS (pp. 138, under History of the Kennedy Half Dollar) writes: “In fact, Mint Director Eva Adams authorized work on the coin as early as November 27, and the first dies were completed by January 2, 1964.” Funny how this information is found in Gilroy Roberts statement that you don’t believe (LOL). You state that, “My big problem with the Mint report is if a couple of coins were given to Mrs. Kennedy for approval, then how did 100,000 coins get placed into proof sets? Were the dies saved and placed into service later in order to save money?” No and No. Even Tomaska states that the first dies were completed by January 2, 1964. The coin(s) that Mrs. Kennedy were shown on December 17, 1963, were trial strikes (not coins from production). The coins shown to the Secretary of the Treasury on December 27, 1963, were the second trial strikes showing the modifications that Mrs. Kennedy suggested, from this the production dies were tooled. I do not believe it is as common as you try to make it out that government employees deliberately ‘mask’ or falsify government records. Guess if you don’t like the message you shoot the messenger.[/QUOTE]
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