Have you ever found a proof coin or a key date in circulation ???
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Some years ago I found in a roll of halves a 1961 proof Franklin with signs of light wear from being in circulation for a time and more recently I found a 1963 Jefferson nickel proof in pretty good shape with few marks.
When I found the Jeff proof I thought it was a late date strike as some of the newer Jeffs are struck pretty nice but when I got home and glassed the date I was surprised.
A few years ago I also found a nice uncirculated 1950=D nickel.
Nothing rare as to to sell the farm and retire on but these were fun finds.
I always wonder what circumstances caused these little doggies to go astray...
How about you?
When I found the Jeff proof I thought it was a late date strike as some of the newer Jeffs are struck pretty nice but when I got home and glassed the date I was surprised.
A few years ago I also found a nice uncirculated 1950=D nickel.
Nothing rare as to to sell the farm and retire on but these were fun finds.
I always wonder what circumstances caused these little doggies to go astray...
How about you?
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four years ago I found a 1968-S quarter worn down to VG!
Recently the local USPS clerk (who always saves and shows me his finds while working the counter) had someone spend a silver JFK proof and also cracked open a roll of cents to find 13 IHC's and the rest wheaties!!
this was all in the past month!
Probably a child raided his dad's collection. It was from the 70's
Brian.
Frank
How can you tell if a coin is a proof?
Coindaughter - Most modern proofs were minted at the San Francisco mint (S mint mark). The SF mint does not produce regular business strikes, so the S mint mark is a dead giveaway. For older coins, there may still be proof mirrors, and you can tell by the superior strike.
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Maybe your wife has been raiding your proof sets for pocket change
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Coin Daughter superior strike-highly mirrored surfaces-squared off rims-are a good way of telling the more modern proofs.
Other proof surfaces such as sandblast proofs or matte proofs are for the experts to identify.
The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)
as 1974 and nickels through 1970. They also struck quarters for circulation but these had no mint mark. West Point has also struck coins for circulation
with no mint mark.
One time, when I was about 10 years old, in change from Stack's, I received a 1942/1 Mercury dime!
I couldn't believe it and was about as excited as a collector could be. I later sold it to them for $75, which was a ton of money to me then. I went in there all smug-like and said "don't you check your change?" Their response was something like "nope" but I felt like they had said "shoo fly". I deserved it!
I was working at a store and a customer paid with one.
William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night
While at work as a cashier at a Truckstop, someone spent a G 1937 Walker
Eisenhower Dollar, BU
Set Incomplete:
Roosevelt Dime
1900 - Current Type, No Gold
Silver Eagle
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Don
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--chris
Tiger trout, Deerfield River, c. 2001.
B.
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In the summer of 2000, over a several week period, I found a 1906 cent, a proof Kennedy half, and a 1996-W dime in circulation, along with one buffalo nickel, several war nickels, two silver roosevelt dimes, a 1956 quarter, and assorted wheaties. That was a good summer.