Week # 131 - All I want for Christmas is....

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Seven-year old Dave wanted one each of the 1965 coins for Christmas that year. Why was he disappointed?

 

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[gmarguli]

No coins were struck dated 1965.

[topsman]

Because the dime and quater were no longer made of silver, but instead of clad. Along with the half dollar which was reduced to a 40% silver clad composition.....?

[Numbers-migration]

The 65 kenedy wasn't released until 66???

[Narmuriel]

Not all 1965 coins were available. Some werent released until 1966.

[XpipedreamR]

Because they weren't all released until 1966.

[reid1836]

The 1964 Peace dollars were minted in 1965, but none were released as all were melted by the mint. Hence no dollar coin minted in 1965 !

[DarrenSmith]

They didn't make proof coins in 1965

[CarolinaCollector]

All of the 1964-D Peace Dollars (minted in 1965) were melted (or supposedly melted) prior to being released.

[jtryka]

In 1965, the branch mints produced coins with no mintmarks, so he would only receive one example of each denomination, rather than the 2 each he would have received the year before.

[chrisfuccione]

1) Because he is pure evil and didn't even deserve coal

2) because there is no Santa Clause in coin collecting

3) Because Eva Adams(a Scrooge in her own right) decided that coin collectors were naughty boys and girls and had the silver taken out of our coinage. Her little elves worked day and night to meet that magical deadline but to no advail and the 1965 coins were not released until 1965.

 

 

CHRIS

[Here]

Because there were no mint marks thus no way of telling which mint the coins came from.

 

 

Jerry

[prooflike]

All the 1964 Peace dollars that were minted in 1965 were melted.

[FCC-migration]

no proof coins

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Seven-year old Dave wanted one each of the 1965 coins for Christmas that year. Why was he disappointed?

 

ANSWER:

 

All but the quarter dollar of that date were not issued until the following year.

 

Congratulations Narmuriel!! You are this weeks numismaquest winner. Your prize is the Grading Guide for Modern U.S. Coins by NGC's own, Richard Montgomery and David Lange. (signed)

 

XpipedreamR is this weeks runner up. You will be receiving a display box

 

Thanks for playing and stop back next week for another question. Keep up the good work!!

[Numbers-migration]

"All but the quarter dollar of that date were not issued until the following year."

 

 

Hmm, interesting. I was only aware of the half dollar.

[Narmuriel]

I actually won! OMG! Thank you Danielle!

[XpipedreamR]

Thank you very much!

 

 

I just received the NGC box yesterday. I've got a zillion NGC coins (which I know is strange because they've only graded what...10,000,000 or so ), but I've never had an NGC box for some reason.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks again,

 

 

XpipedreamR