Administrator LISA B Posted July 8, 2011 Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2011 This weeks First and Second place winners will be picked at random…Be creative… The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST. Question: At which mint were the circulating half dollars dated 1966 struck? Our first place winner will receive a copy of Scott Schechter’s and Jeff Garrett’s “100 GREATEST U.S. MODERN COINS". There will also be a runner up prize given to a selected player with the correct answer. REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpm9ball Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Philadelphia seems too obvious, so I'll say Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coindude Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 San Francisco!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 denver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Denver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunfa0 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I will have to go with Philly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Well I'm not sure what you mean by creative but I'm gonna say the Denver Mint as per our own D.Lange if I'm reading this right. Quote: The silver-clad (.400 fine) half dollars were not minted until the last few days of 1965, though the entire mintage is recorded within 1966 to simplify the report. These coins debuted in circulation the following spring. All of the circulating silver-clad halves were minted at Denver, a practice that continued through 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnstyne Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 1966 were all from Philly. Not sure how to be creative about 1966. Our National Debt was $328.5 billion, a postage stamp was only a nickel, and Medicare started this year. Also it was the year of the first Star Trek episode and I wasn't born yet. So, if they had a forever stamp in 1966 it would now be worth over 8x it's cost, whereas a circulated 1966 half dollar (40% silver) is worth at least 10x face value just for the melt value. The National Debt on the other hand has increased by 43x. Average price of gold was $35.13 and silver was $1.29. Where's my time machine again!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan8402 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Philadelphia, although you could say that they didn't really circulate that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinman_23885 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Given that the questions are usually not quite so obvious, I'll guess against Philadelphia and will go with San Francisco even though the coins do not carry mint mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrantique Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Philadelphia Mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksoup Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The coins minted in 1966 weren't ever truely circulated as people hoarded them for their silver, however Denver was the mint that struck the half dollars.. The coins dated 1966 weren't struck until august of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPeck95512 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Philadelphia. Only the SMS coins were struck at San Francisco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpm9ball Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Did somebody forget to post the winner? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator LISA B Posted July 14, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted July 14, 2011 Question: At which mint were the circulating half dollars dated 1966 struck? Answer: Denver Our first place winner Bsshog40 has won a copy of Scott Schechter’s and Jeff Garrett’s “100 GREATEST U.S. MODERN COINS". Our runner up this week is cpm9ball who has won an NGC Single Coin Display Box Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Thank you NGC, PMG, and Lisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
