Mail Call from the land of 1000 Lakes!
A little while back on Discord @senstless was talking about some 40% he had for sale. Earlier in the day I noticed I had a bunch of old Mene boxes that hadn't been filled yet. This was a match made in heaven.
Shortly after trying to convince him not to sell them to me, I caved in. A few days later and this shows up in the mail.
That my friend is a healthy amount of the shiny. All Kennedy Half dollars from 1965 to 1970 containing 40% silver each. Here's a little knowledge about them from JM Bullion
The United States Mint no longer produces circulation currency using silver and gold, but that was not always the case. The most recent coins in US circulation featuring higher silver contents were the Kennedy Half Dollar coins available from 1965 to 1970.
The 1965-to-1970 range is the only possible option because this is the only period of time during which the United States Mint produced the Kennedy Half Dollar with 40% silver content included. Prior to 1965, the coins had 90% silver and from 1971 onward included the modern cupro-nickel alloy. On the obverse side of 40% Silver Coins in this listing, you will find the left-profile portrait of President John F. Kennedy. The design was created in the early 1960s by US Mint engraver-artist Gilroy Roberts and includes inscriptions of Liberty and In God We Trust.
The reverse face of 40% Silver Coins features a modified image of the Presidential Seal. This includes the American bald eagle with the heraldic shield on its chest, olive branch in one talon, and arrows in the other. There is a ring of 50 stars around the Eagle with the inscriptions of United States of America and Half Dollar included.
40% silver coins were only in circulation in the United States for a brief period because of rising silver prices. After attempting to switch to 40% silver in 1965, the United States Mint permanently switched to the cupro-nickel alloy in 1971 to avoid having coins in circulation that had a face value well below the actual value of the silver content.
He also sent me a book about self sufficiency but that will be for another post. This settled my Stackitis for the moment but I have a feeling it won't last long.
Have you got any cool silver lately?
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