- Frank
Gasparro designed the reverse of the 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar.
- The
reverse of the Kennedy Half Dollar is based on the Presidential
coat of arms.
- 1964
was the first year of issue for the Kennedy Half Dollar
- The
1964 Kennedy Half Dollar was the only 90 percent silver proof
Kennedy Half.
- Augustus
Saint-Gaudens (designer of the $20 Saint Gaudens) also designed
the medal for the 1892 Columbian Expo.
- Both
the dies and the planchets are polished when the mint produces
a Proof coin.
- A
Capped Die is actually a strike error.
- The
first Buffalo 5c pieces show a bison standing on a mound.
- The
1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Dollars wer the first
souvenir gold coins authorized by congress.
- The
1866 Shield 5c is 25% nickel.
- Adolph
A. Weinman designed the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
- The
Lafayette $1 was the first U.S. Commemorative Dollar.
- The
initials SMS stands for Special Mint Set.
- The
1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar actually celebrates the 1919
Alabama Centennial.
- More
$50 Pan-Pac Octagonal coins were issued the the $50 Pan-Pac Round.
- Jefferson
faces left on the Jefferson 5c.
- The
Reverse is generally the lower die at the U.S. Mint.
- 1964
was the last date Mint Marks were used on a coins reverse.
- An
earthquake interrupted the work of the San Francisco Mint in 1906.
- The
main offices of the U.S. Mint are in Washington, D.C.
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