Did you know that .9 1964 coins were made until 1966?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:54 amI just read this from the mints website http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/
When the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed, it became mandatory that the Mint continue to use the 1964 date on all 90 percent silver coins (half-dollar coins, quarter-dollar coins, and 10-cent coins). Therefore, all of the 90 percent silver coins that the Mint manufactured in 1964, 1965, and 1966 bears the date 1964. The last of the 90 percent silver quarter-dollar coins was struck in January 1966, the last of these 10-cent coins was struck in February 1966, and the last of these half-dollar coins was struck in April 1966. The Coinage Act of 1965 also made it mandatory that the clad coins be dated not earlier than 1965. Therefore, all of the clad coins actually manufactured in 1965 bear the 1965 date. All of the clad coins made through July 31, 1966, bear the 1965 date. The first clad 10-cent coin was struck in December 1965, the first clad quarter-dollar coin was struck in August 1965 and the first clad half-dollar coin was struck in December 1965. In December 1965, the decision was made to change the 1964 date on the five-cent coins and the one-cent coins to 1965, as one step in catching up on normal coin dating. From December 1965 through July 31, 1966, all one-cent coins and five-cent coins were struck with the 1965 date.
All denominations of United States coins minted from August 1 through December 31, 1966, carried the 1966 date. Normal dating procedures were resumed on January 1, 1967, and continued through 1974. Legislation was enacted in 1973 authorizing design changes in the reverse designs of the one-dollar coins, the half-dollar coin and the quarter-dollar coin in observance of the Nation's Bicentennial, and the adoption of a symbolic date (1776-1976) in place of the usual single year designation. The only single-dated coins issued during 1975 and 1976 were the 10-cent coin, the five-cent coin, and the one-cent coin. Beginning on January 1, 1977, the Bicentennial designs were retired and both the designs and dating procedures in use prior to the national celebration are now in force.
