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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1279474, member: 6229"]The San Francisco Mint's last production of business strike Half Dollars was in 1954 (Franklin Half). In 1968 the San Francisco mint's coin presses were brought back into action as the presses began striking silver clad proof Kennedy Half Dollars (3,041,506). Three years later (1971) the San Francisco Mint's presses began producing only copper-nickel clad proof Kennedy Half Dollars During the Bicentennial Year, 1976, The S mintmark of San Francisco was affixed to three different Kennedy Half Dollar varieties:　1. 7,059,099 copper-nickel clad proofs2. 11,000,000 silver clad uncirculated specimens3. 4,000,000 silver clad proofs　In 1977 San Francisco minted only clad copper-nickel Kennedy proof Half Dollars. This continued through 1991. 1992 began San Francisco's dual proof coin production:　1. Clad copper-nickel (2,858,981)2. Silver (1,317,579)　This dual proof production is still going on. However during 1998 something occurred at the San Francisco Mint that produced a third variety.　1. Usual Clad copper-nickel (2,086,507)3. Usual Silver glossy (unknown) 4. Unusual Silver matte (unknown)(Silver Glossy & Matte total = 878,792)　Here's photos of the 3 1998 S Kennedy Proof Halves:　1998 S CLAD KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR - GLOSSY PROOF:　(Littletoncoin.com photo)　<a href="http://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product5|10001|24551|-1|35214|89306" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product5|10001|24551|-1|35214|89306" rel="nofollow">http://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product5|10001|24551|-1|35214|89306</a>　1998 S SILVER KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR - GLOSSY PROOF:　(cointrackers.com photo)　<a href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/703/1998-s-kennedy-half-dollar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/703/1998-s-kennedy-half-dollar/" rel="nofollow">http://cointrackers.com/coins/703/1998-s-kennedy-half-dollar/</a>　1998 S SILVER KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR - MATTE PROOF:　(coinpage photo)　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3445.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3445.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3445.html</a>　Do you have all three?　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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