The Coinage Act of 1965

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  • Pat
    Founding Member, LCR Forums
    • Nov 2007
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    The Coinage Act of 1965

    So I gotta ask.. Did this generate any varieties?


    The Coinage Act of 1965
    The coinage Act of 1965 prohibited mint marks for five years. This, together with the date freeze, eliminated distinguishing features that could tempt people to remove the coins from circulation while the Mint was striving to meet the country’s need for coins. No mint marks appear on coins dated 1965, 1966, and 1967.
    Congress authorized resumption of the practice in 1968, at which time the mint marks, usually on the back of the coins before 1968, were permanently relocated to the front.
    All master dies, including those used in the Mint's numismatics and medals programs, are manufactured in the Die Manufacturing Division of the Philadelphia Mint. Mint marks are added to the hubs at Philadelphia. These hubs make the working dies used to stamp coins. Mint-marked working dies are then delivered to the appropriate Mint facility for use in coining.
    All the working dies needed for the Denver facility are produced by the Denver Die Manufacturing Division along with some of the dies for the San Francisco facility.
    Pat Sherman
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