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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 8327807, member: 66&quot;]The thing is the Classic commemorative halves had very little to do with the government.&nbsp; Each one was the idea of some small group that successfully lobbied their Representatives and Senators.&nbsp; There was no coordinated effort between the groups, and the Treasury and the Mint considered&nbsp; the commemoratives to be a nuisance. These were not a money making business for the government like the modern commemoratives are.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well they aren&#039;t a century old but all the state quarters and ATB quarters come in 90% (or .999 fine silver) as proofs,&nbsp; And as for the state quarters up through 2004 or so the designs were submitted and selected by each state.&nbsp; The creator of the 2004 Missouri design made a big public stink over changes the mint made to his selected design.&nbsp; After that the mint required states submitted verbal design descriptions and the Mint staff created designs from the verbal descriptions.&nbsp; But the individual states then selected which of the mint designs would be used.&nbsp; The exception was Mississippi.&nbsp; They never submitted designs so the mint engravers came up with thier own and the Secretary of the Treasury approved it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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