Silver Kennedy halves and Carson City dollars explained
Money clips discusses why 1965 to 1970 Kennedy halves and post 1970 pieces lack real silver and often mislead collectors with plating. It notes Secret Service history of plated coins and that current sales of Carson City silver dollars funded the US Treasury, with 723,000 coins sold from 1882 to 1884.
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Secret Service
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Carson City
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Treasury
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Nixon
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Expert Bridge Play Leads to Diamond Discard Victory
In an all expert bridge game Oswald and James Jacoby discuss a hand where South claims nine spades and five hearts with no diamonds. The key defense to defeat the contract lies in discarding a slow diamond, forcing declarer to misread and helping partner take the endplay.
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East
South
Declarer
Israel stamps honor independence with signatures on 25th anniversary issue
Israel issues a stamp commemorating 25 years since independence featuring the signers of the Declaration including Ben Gurion and Meir. A souvenir sheet adds the full text of the declaration. Also noted are a Holocaust tribute stamp and a Truman memorial stamp forthcoming in the United States. An imperforate 1969 Christmas stamp pane error is highlighted.
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AP News
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Golda Meyerson
Meir
David Remez
Moshe Shertok
Israel Philatelic Agency
America
U.S. Postal Service
Harry S Truman
Independence
U.S
New York
Jacques C. Schiff Jr
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