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coolpix9

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Here's your mintages for 76 halves

BICENTENNIAL REVERSE (1975-1976)

1776-1976
234,308,000
4
Four Proofs were struck without mintmarks.
1776-1976-D
287,565,248
0

1776-1976-S
0
7,059,099

1776-1976-S
40% Silver
est. 5,000,000
est. 4,000,000
Sold in 3-piece Bicentennial sets along with the Silver Clad Washington Quarters and Silver-Clad Eisenhower Dollars. Mintages are approximate - 11,000,000 sets were struck and sold until 1982, when sales were halted.
 

nyiangelo

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yesterday i found what i thought to be another 40% 76s but when i looked at the mintmark
it read 76d . i has the silver color and edges everwhere on it no doubt. its not as shiny as a proof so it could be
plated i guess. what do you think. no chance of an error?
 

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Wetgreenie

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Someone else had something like that recently and thought it may be plated.
Let's hope it's an error!!
 

golden silver

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YEAH, I FOUND A 1974 THAT I SWEAR IS 40% WITH GREY EDGES AND PATINA BUT IT IS A "D". ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS ABOUT?

-GOLDEN SILVER
 

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golden silver said:
YEAH, I FOUND A 1974 THAT I SWEAR IS 40% WITH GREY EDGES AND PATINA BUT IT IS A "D". ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS ABOUT?

-GOLDEN SILVER
nyiangelo said:
yesterday i found what i thought to be another 40% 76s but when i looked at the mintmark
it read 76d . i has the silver color and edges everwhere on it no doubt. its not as shiny as a proof so it could be
plated i guess. what do you think. no chance of an error?
I'd say Pat and his spray can got a hold of them. Toss back into the wild and try again.
 

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Wetgreenie

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sometimes I see some of the 70's coins that look like silver, have more of the top material overlapping the copper center. Sometimes I can't even see the copper on one side. maybe this can happen to the whole coin.
 

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Re: Here's your mintages for 76 halves

coolpix9 said:
BICENTENNIAL REVERSE (1975-1976)

1776-1976
234,308,000
4
Four Proofs were struck without mintmarks.
1776-1976-D
287,565,248
0

1776-1976-S
0
7,059,099

1776-1976-S
40% Silver
est. 5,000,000
est. 4,000,000
Sold in 3-piece Bicentennial sets along with the Silver Clad Washington Quarters and Silver-Clad Eisenhower Dollars. Mintages are approximate - 11,000,000 sets were struck and sold until 1982, when sales were halted.

Coolpix, I'm confused. With the info you listed, are some proofs ("s") silver, and some aren't ??? The 4 with no mintmarks, are they proof too? How can I tell? I've seen lots of bicentennials with no mintmark. And I've never seen 1975-1976 on the reverse of any of them.
 

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