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Original Total Mintage Summary:

Like the 1994 Proof issues, the 1996 class is fairly generic in terms of rarity by both total mintage and NGC Proof 70 totals. Only two of the Proof denominations, the $50 and $25, had original mintage totals less than 40,000, and all four denominations rank 11th or higher overall within their respective denominations in terms of rarity by total mintage.

NGC Certified Population Summary:

Additionally, through June 26, 2009, a total of only 420 four coin Gold Eagle Proofs sets from 1996 had been certified by NGC in Proof 70 condition.

Key World Events for 1996:

February 10:

A chess computer designed by IBM named “Deep Blue” defeats world chess champion Gary Kasparov for the first time. One week later, Kasparov defeats “Deep Blue.”

March 25:

Federal officers begin an 81-day long standoff with an anti-government group known as the Freemen in Jordan, Montana.

April 3:

After years of mailing bombs all across America, the suspected “Unabomber,” Theodore Kaczynski, is arrested in his Montana cabin.

July 5 :

Dolly the sheep is born in Scotland and becomes the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell.

July 17:

TWA Flight 800 explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff, killing all 230 passengers aboard.

October 14:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues its historic climb, closing above 6,000 for the first time.

December 5:

Federal Reserve Chairman delivers the infamous “irrational exuberance” speech in response to the meteoric rise of the stock market indexes.

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