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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1290317, member: 6229"]As you know 1964 was the last year the US Mint produced 90 per cent silver Business Strike (circulation) coins in denominations of Ten Cents (Dimes), Twenty-five Cents (Quarters), and Fifty Cents (Half Dollars).　Know what else happened in 1964? With the issuing of the 1964 Half Dollar featuring President John F. Kennedy, 1964 has the distinction of being the first year every newly struck circulating coin featured a United States President on its obverse. Take a look (photos courtesy of Coin World (<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/www.coinworld.com" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/www.coinworld.com">www.coinworld.com</a>):　1964 CENT:<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html</a>　　1964 NICKEL:　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6079.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6079.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6079.html</a>　1964 DIME:　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3048.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3048.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3048.html</a>　1964 QUARTER:　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2327.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2327.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2327.html</a>　1964 HALF DOLLAR:　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2169.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2169.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2169.html</a>　Did you know?　Something else to ponder:With the Eisenhower Dollar being replaced with the Susan B. Anthony Dollar in 1979, 1978 was the last year all newly produced circulation coinage featured a President on its obverse. Here they are:　(Coin Page photos)　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2109.html</a>　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6085.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6085.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6085.html</a>　(cointrackers.com photo)　<a href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/742/1978-p-roosevelt-dime/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/742/1978-p-roosevelt-dime/" rel="nofollow">http://cointrackers.com/coins/742/1978-p-roosevelt-dime/</a>　(cointrackers.com photo)　<a href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/884/1978-d-washington-quarter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/884/1978-d-washington-quarter/" rel="nofollow">http://cointrackers.com/coins/884/1978-d-washington-quarter/</a>　(Coin Page Photo)　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-847.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-847.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-847.html</a>　(Coin Page photo)　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2451.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2451.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2451.html</a>　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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