Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...acute coin shortage at home has forced the U.S. Treasury to stop minting "proof sets" of U.S. coins.* To discourage collecting, the U.S. has even decided to emboss all coins minted in the first half of 1965 with last year's date. So U.S. numismatists have turned to Canada for this year's issue...
...collectors would consider the Canadian coin sets a bargain even at a higher price. The value of a 1965 set is expected to jump to $8 as soon as it hits the open market. And as a speculative investment, coins can hardly be beat: a 1950 U.S. proof set, which originally cost $2.10, is now worth a cool...
...Minted by special procedures to ensure perfection. The U.S. Mint gives proof sets a double stamping for a more distinct impression; the Canadians stamp only once but handle the coins especially carefully, making sure that no coin touches another...
...Reformation Spirit. For many, the most convincing proof that the promise is being fulfilled rests in the churches that bear Christ's name and pay him homage. Divided and fragmented, they yet remain the most durable of man's institutions-together constituting the "ever-reforming church"' that in crisis finds within itself the means of rebirth and renewal. And as in the days of Augustine, Francis and Luther, signs show that a renewal is taking shape in Christianity. "There is a kind of pre-Reformation spirit running through the church today," says the Rev. Don Benedict, director...
...process, Miller figured that a cooled brain will consume less oxygen, and be in less danger of damage from oxygen deprivation, than a warmed brain. Working with his wife Faith, also an anatomist, and using guinea pigs at Atlanta's Emory University, Dr. Miller found what he considered proof of his reasoning...