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United States 1971-P Kennedy Half Dollar Kennedy half dollar. John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy half dollar replaced former United States Mint Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock’s design featuring Founding Father Benjamin Franklin that had been in use since 1948. And in the following year, the half dollar’s composition was changed from the 90% silver and 10% copper standard fineness of circulating subsidiary coinage to 40% silver and 60% copper–an alloy referred to as “silver-clad”. The silver-clad half dollar retained Gilroy Roberts’ bust of Kennedy on the obverse and Frank Gasparro�...

United States 1968-D Lincoln Cent Coinage Act of 1965, speculators and coin collectors drew the ire of the Mint, the Treasury, and many members of Congress who thought that the bustling coin hobby was to blame for the national coin shortage. Anybody who has studied a Red Book will understand that the mintages for clad U.S. coins post-1964 dwarfed those of coins struck before. Had collectors truly been the primary cause of the shortage, then the Mint would have seen a return to normalcy as collector enthusiasm for contemporary issues faded as it did with the arrival of clad dimes, quarters...

World. >> today president obama took a direct swipe at people like you, the critics of the iran nuclear deal and people who supported back in 2003 the war against iraq and saddam who say listen to president obama today. >> in the debate over this deal we're hearing the echos of some of the same policies and mint set that failed us in the past. the famed politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to iran's nuclear program are the same folks who are so quick to go to war in iraq. said it would take a few months. >> basically what he's saying is y...

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>> you were surprised that this happened on rick perry's watch. >> he has a big heart. i understand the logic that lets anybody walk into uk austinment you have to go out with the gruel. >> bill, final thought, is this conclusive proof you shouldn't mess with texas 1234*. >> yes. if we learned anything, don't mess with that. we executed 20 people per day. >> we will double check that. >> how can we appear harder on crime than we already are. >> that was the mint set. this guy did them a service. everybody knows when you are fried on the electric chair you release your bowels. he saw the meal h...