Denver Proofs

jmcu12

Hypothetically speaking:

What are the odds of having a Denver Proof? And would said coin be legal?

nwcs

>What are the odds of having a Denver Proof?

I think between the square root of -1 and 1 divided by 0.

>And would said coin be legal?

If it didn't leave through legal channels, then no.

airplanenut

Well, Denver wouldn't have proof dies, nor should they have proof planchets... I'd say basically zero.

FatMan

Oh Jeremy, zero is a very small number.

I don't know the odds, but it is legal tender and about 35,000 of them exist. I'll let you guys do the math.

jmcu12

Thanks for the replies!

However, I was referring to cents, dimes, etc.

Thanks though, I actually forgot about that one 'fatman'!

dcarr

I believe that 1906-D and 1907-D proof double eagles exist.

Shamika

I just learned something new!

coppercoins

I think this is leading toward the so-called "prooflike" cents, nickels, and dimes that have been found over the past few years, all of them are D mint. These aren't proofs, they are just normal coins minted with dies that have been polished very well before they were placed into use. Nothing at all odd about them, out of every 1997-2001 cent bag I've opened (around 15 in all) there were no fewer than one fourth of all the coins in all the bags were these so-called prooflike coins. As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather have a nice, lustrous cartwheel cent any day, but I see that there are a number of people who like the shinier ones, and I suspect it's in hopes they will turn out to be something rare and collectible. I don't think that's the case at all.

cladking

There are branch mint proofs dating back as far as the branch mints. These are usually
thought to be intended as presentation pieces for officials and dignitaries.

In more recent years there are some startling PL's being made. These sometimes have
nearly all the attributes of proofs. Business strike dies are occasionally basined so that
they impart the flat fields, they are sometimes polished, and it's not extremely unusual
for a polished planchet to find its way into the product stream. All that is required is for
these to meet up and for the coin to be struck twice. Whether this has happened or not,
there are strong PL's available for many of the coins made in the last few decades.

One of the most dramatic "D's" that I've seen is a 1988 cent.