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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8467398, member: 101855"]I was a collector in the 1960s. There was a bill in Congress, the Bible Bill, (Bible was the name of a Nevada Senator) which would have given the government to right to dictate which coins were collectible. Somehow they were going forbid you to keep any coins that were not on their list.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint froze dates and did away with mint marks. The mintage of Proof sets were ended. Special Mint Sets took their place. There were magazine interviews when mint officials spoke out against coin collecting, or if you prefer, coin accumulating. The mint was not our side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8467398, member: 101855"]I was a collector in the 1960s. There was a bill in Congress, the Bible Bill, (Bible was the name of a Nevada Senator) which would have given the government to right to dictate which coins were collectible. Somehow they were going forbid you to keep any coins that were not on their list. The mint froze dates and did away with mint marks. The mintage of Proof sets were ended. Special Mint Sets took their place. There were magazine interviews when mint officials spoke out against coin collecting, or if you prefer, coin accumulating. The mint was not our side.[/QUOTE]
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