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The cop-out is that "Grading is subjective" and that is used to excuse casual mistakes without offering to correct them.

Actual responses from the 1950s were that no bronze cents were made dated "1943." Which is correct from a production record standpoint. It was only much later that there was a hint of acceptance that stray planchets from 1942 "might" have gotten stuck in tote trucks. Much of the time, Mint responses have been denials, or accusations - typically while internal documents show the technology people already knew what had happened. 1955 doubled die and 1969 doubled die cents come to mind. We have to remember that to the US MInt folks, these are mistakes and should never have gotten out of Govt custody. I remember a remark by Director Ed Moy to Bill Fivaz: "You keep collecting the coins I try to prevent making" -- or something close to that. This type of denial/blame/ignorance game merely reduces numismatic confidence in the Mint's trustworthiness....and it's all unnecessary.

The courts uniformly ruled that gold at the time the contract was executed was a legal tender, and thus the contract was payable in legal tender. The only adverse rulings were in a very few instances where payment was made in a commodity such as bricks, Portland cement, gold bars and there was no specific dollar value associated. (I.e., "payment to be made in 10,000 tons of Portland cement..." or "one thousand dozen Grad A large chicken hen eggs...")

In the 1960s "complete sets" or similar items were popular among newer collectors. It gave them something without large numbers of empty holes to fill, yet had "body" to it and cold be shown to family or friends. The albums were usually heavy Whitman or Library of Coins types with plastic slides. Both sides of the coins were visible and they were easy to upgrade -- at least until collectors discovered that their "BU" coins acquired slide abrasion. Small/Midsize dealers liked this approach because they could sell off lower value duplicates at a good profit. There was little concern about counterfeits - none of the coins were rare. Most such sets were advertised as G or better or even F or better for Washington quarters, etc. Complete BU Franklin, FDR, Lincoln 1940 and up, 1934 WL halves (XF 38-D) were readily available with most of the BU coins straight from bank rolls. Most of this vanished not long after 1965 as silver bullion advanced in price.

The Mint Bureau did not relish letting anyone know the details of their work. Public information was deliberately kept superficial. That continues today.

Nice specimen with full date !

Possibly. Much depends on the press operator's attention to output and the press room foreman's attention to detail.

I looked for quality regardless of label, seller, or price.

Overuse. The US Mints had no technology experts, resulting in few and very slow advancements.

"Replica" = Counterfeit = Illegal.

I think today is the last day to register. Yesterday was....

Damaged. No grade.

Right! 'Phones do not care about presents or birthdays, etc. or even new over-priced leather cases ! If your phone does not give adequate results, try using a banana or a cucumber.

Please use 1 thread for your Kennedy half dollar questions. All of the repetitions just irritate members and discourage them from responding. (The edge/rim bump below "D" would likely prevent "grading" by a TPG.)

Others will have to respond to your question. The price is about 1 silver dollar w/o a slab; but only you can decide if the information is useful, interesting, important, or of some other "value" to yourself.

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Humans are the only creatures with imagination. We often strive to suppress imagination under the guise of conformity. We are particularly hard on children and teens.

A very nice VF half !

Long ago and far away in a different galaxy. I still have a few, but I could not afford what I liked, and did not like what I could afford.

That is what a true MS 65 should look like. I'll take two to go, please.

Ignore all the baloney on the labels and search for a coin with the fewest distracting marks. "Proof-like" is not part of a grade - it is an estimate of the reflectivity of a coin's fields if compared to a normal mirror-like proof coin.

Give them, or any merchant, only what is requested - never more. (Quoth the Raven...)

OP - your quarter might have a "guide" value of $20, but it is not and never was worth that. If you tried to sell you coin, in an expensive slab or a paper bag, you might get $5 in clean, sharp AU.

If people and organizations -- are you listening ANA? -- reported all of these fakes, every time they show up, action would be taken. As it is, the US Mint claims to have no enforcement responsibility and sits on its hands while counterfeiters from China, Colorado, Peru, etc. make millions in profits.

And is new polished slabs....!