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Inspecting New Kennedy Half Dollars... Mint Director Eva Adams and Foreman H.J. Persman
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Inspecting New Kennedy Half Dollars... Mint Director Eva Adams and Foreman H.J. Persman

[ca. March 1964]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Adams, Eva B. Director of Mint

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