One of the most exciting numismatic events of my lifetime! Grades in Last Post.
ElKevvo
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Like many of us I started collecting when I was a kid and around the mid 70's started buying proof sets from the Mint, my dad would order them for me and I would stash them away with the plan to sell them in a few years for huge profits.
Fast forward to today and I have a couple of boxes of proof sets that well, are worth about what I paid for them 40+ years ago. I decided to start sorting through them to sell on eBay (they don't sell well on the BST!) and ran across the coin below. This set I have had for 40 years and never looked at it. Finding this is a highlights of my numismatic endeavors as 1) Exciting to find and 2) Validates my investment theory when I was younger! 
Guess I will have to send a submission in soon!
K
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congrats... it really is fun when the unexpected happens
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Looks like about a nice $800 score for you! Unless, of course, you pop a 70!
No S!
Very nice find of your prior intentional acquisition (hard to word that but you get my point).
Really fun find! Congrats!
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Excellent find. A beautiful coin that is a well known variety.
The one thing that would make your find better would be having your 1983 no S dime be one minted in 1975
That's awesome!!
Congrats! I've bought quite a few accumulations of Proof sets and have scored some type 2's, minor doubled dies and such, but never any of these. Well played.
Fantastic !
The only variety of note that I ever found in a proof set was a 1960 large date over small date Lincoln Cent.
Cool find!
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That is awesome! Something I haven't checked off my bucket list yet.
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Wow! Wow! Wow! This one is worth 3 wow's, congratulations.
Wow!! A BIG congratulations!!
Awesome find.
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Wow, that's awesome! Surely a 71 no-S nickel is next to show up.
Very nice!
Cool find!
Wow, that's great!
Friggin awesome!
Fantastic find! Goes to show that it's always worth checking
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Stunning! It's nice when all the hard work of collecting surprises you when you least expect it. I know your heart skipped a few beats... Have you recovered yet? Congrats!! 👍🏻
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So many casual collectors buy these and just put them away. I've often wondered how many are still out there waiting to be discovered. I'll bet there are still a few more.
Congrats on a nice score!!!
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Cool find, congrats!
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Great find, congratulations!
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What a great surprise after holding it for 40 years. Congratulations!!
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Super nice!
Bet you are glad you had bad luck on ebay & the BST board.
A really cool find! Congrats! I love when that happens.
Holy Cow! That's fantastic!
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Wow! That is really cool to have received that from the mint 40 years ago!
Cool find! Congrats!!
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It's great when you cherry pick yourself! Congrats
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cool find and good work!
Awesome find. Congrats!
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Way cool, congrats
Congratulations!
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Great find!! And already in your collection. I bet you will be checking the rest of your sets in storage. Cheers, RickO
I know this sounds improbable but it is true....I went through my boxes and out of the 3 1983 Proof sets I found 2 have no MM dimes. I am buying a lottery ticket today also!
K
Nice find!
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Makes sense if you ordered them directly from the Mint.
@ElKevvo... Congratulations!!! Great good fortune.... Good idea on the lottery ticket as well. Cheers, RickO
Congratulations! I found one of those in 2013, and I'm glad you got to feel the excitement!
Here's my thread from then about my find and what I did with it: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/893621/i-cherrypicked-a-new-dishwasher-at-the-antique-mall
You suck!
And that makes it all worth it! Yes, as Watersport pointed out, I did cherry pick myself but hey, I won't complain about it!
K
I was wondering when someone was going to say it!
He deserved that after he found the first one.
Congratulations! That's a big payday! Time to max out the credit cards and fulfill all your dreams!
That is a very handsome coin. I'd call it a very nice tuxedo for sure.
Congratulations on a very lucky find!
I don't collect rossies and I wish I owned that coin.
Beeeeaaauuutiful!
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Nice to see, excellent finds!
i have question thats going to sound really dumb but without the s wouldnt it just be a proof coin minted in philedelphia??
well i used good ole google and it iasmade in sf and is pricey
Well they off off to our hosts for grading, I'll post the grades when they are ready.
K