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Message:: [QUOTE="Caleb, post: 1823043, member: 32795"]Yes “Trial Strikes” were produced on December 13th but they were rejected on December 17th and corrections made to please Mrs. Kennedy.  New “Trial Strikes” were created and Secretary of the Treasury Dillon wanted to see and on December 27th he felt it met with Mrs. Kenndy’s wishes for the changes she wanted. The Proof dies were not prepared and delivered until January 2, 1964, and according to Roberts, the regular production had some minor problems which were not ironed out until the end of January.  On January 30, 1964 the Denver Mint started production of the half dollar and during the following week the Philadelphia Mint started striking regular half dollars. Again, according to Roberts, all production runs (Denver, Philadelphia regular strikes and Proofs) were started in 1964. My point is that if LANTZ was inaccurate (thirty-two years after the fact) about part of his story, why should we put any faith in the accuracy of the rest of his story? I disagree with your view point on the “important part” of the above quote.  It is apples to oranges, while it may have applied to the release of the then new Kennedy half dollar, the 1964-D Peace dollar was not a new issue but a continuation of the existing series.  Again, it comes down to credibility and LANTZ’S is in doubt.[/QUOTE]