finding proof coins in the wild.

ckrakowski

has any body found a proof coin in the wild? if so lets hear the story or see the pics. could be from change from coin counter from friend/family even on the ground. mine is i got 2 proof nickels from an auto parts store. 1 was from 1971 and the other was from 1991.

lasvegasteddy

my one n only was a bu 1942 mercury dime on ebay at auction i won for $15.
crappy pix produced a coin that landed in a pr65 holder

AnkurJ

A couple of state quarters

MsMorrisine

pulled a 40% 1976 half dollar back in February.

pictures have already been taken down, though.


I've found several cu-ni clad half dollar proofs, almost all were beat to death.

bestmr

When i buy proof sets for the silver, i release the nickle and pennies into the wild.

keyman64

More than a DOZEN to my count...Roll Searching Half Dollars from banks. All of them have been Clad Kennedy Half Dollars.

Wolf359

I've found a few circ Proof Morgans where dealers weren't paying attention and threw them into the junk box. The first one was damaged - I paid $16.50 and I actually send it to a specialist who decided it was not a proof based
on the strike. So I put it away in a box with a few hundred other coins. 4 years later when taking inventory I found the coin again and said "this is a proof". Then I checked my notes and did more research. It turns out the 1889
proofs, some of them were weakly struck. Finally I did an edge reed count, which proved it was a proof (proof strikes in some years have a unique count). ANACS agreed and I sold it last year.

Here are the photos. PR58 "Damaged" ANACS

jdimmick

I spend them everyday. i break up numerous proof sets daily that come in the store from collections that have no boxes, spotted, hazy , etc,

magikbilly

NOT a Pr with a strike like that? Wow.

Best,
Eric

ricko

Have found nickles and cents from proof sets... Cheers, RickO

7Jaguars

Not to divert, but a 58? Please, glad you moved it....
Good spot!

BillJones

A couple of years ago when I was staying in Orlando for the summer FUN show, I bought a slice of pizza at an International Drive pizzeria. When the lady handed me my change I noticed that there was a very shiny quarter in the mix. Sure enough it was clad Proof State Quarter.

UtahCoin

I've found a few Proof Kennedy Half Dollars over the years in rolls.

Weiss

Got this one just a couple days ago. Saw proofs flash in the coins being dumped into the coinstar. Waited and bought these off of the guy when they were rejected:



And January of last year I spied a proof in the nickel till at Walgreens. Asked the lady for all of her "really shiny nickels":



I've gotten another 3 or 4 over the years.

golden

The only one that I found was a 1959 nickel in the early 1960"s.

michiganboy

In the wild I gotten 2 nickels and 1 dime both from retail transactions.

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MadMarty

I release proofs into the wild all the time!!

lasvegasteddy

<< <i>I release proofs into the wild all the time!! >>



from the one who found most of a 39' proof set sitting in the wild at a pawn shop....i know you didn't release those ones...just the owner of tha booty on tha way cheap....remember your 39' mint set...i do

SaorAlba

I find proof cents and nickels every couple of weeks ago in my box searches. Oldest so far is a 1958 nickel, several from ca. 1962-3 and then lots of post 1980 stuff.

RollSearcher

As with the other roll searchers, I've found plenty searching through bank rolls, but never anything in change. My oldest is a 1960 Franklin, which I found in a roll along with the 61 and 62!

keets

in change from vending machines.....................1978-S Jfferson and a 1981-S T2 SBA. i also found a 1939 Proof Walker in a bag of circs that stuck out like a sore thumb. i don't know how someone missed it.

NewParadigm

I had to spend a proof quarter in a parking meter last week. Bummer

itsnotjustme

Shortly after inital delivery, I saw the quarters packaging of a 1999 silver proof set on the ground outsaide an Army Air Force Exchange Store. I bet there were silver proofs in the electronic arcade games!

ckrakowski

<< <i>I had to spend a proof quarter in a parking meter last week. Bummer >>




dang that sucks. sorry.

earlyrarecoins

You'll find half dollar proofs all the time if you search boxes. They're actually not too rare to find.

fastrudy

Agreed. The searching of half dollar boxes has given me ~50 proofs (100,000 coins searched).

ckrakowski

lets keep them coming.

AMRC

I spend them all the time.

beartracks42

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<< <i>I release proofs into the wild all the time!! >>



from the one who found most of a 39' proof set sitting in the wild at a pawn shop....i know you didn't release those ones...just the owner of tha booty on tha way cheap....remember your 39' mint set...i do >>



Me too!! I also remember the 1893-S Morgan he got for $8 and darn near wrecked his car when he turned the coin over and saw the "s". Say, didn't it grade VF30 or something like that, Marty???

Cameonut

I admit to spending some of the modern "dirt cheap" proofs instead of attempting to sell sets.

But I have ceased doing that in favor of putting them in 2 x 2's and giving them away to YN's at shows. After all, who is going to take care of all my cameo stuff (buy it) once I go to the big bourse in the sky?

Be kind to our YN's! They are the future of our hobby.

AUandAG

Got this from my Bank, just asked if they had any rolls. Had one.

It looked PF65 or better when I got it but now it's a pocket piece. Had it about
two months now. 1971-s, sorry about the crappy pics.

bob

Bayard1908

<< <i>NOT a Pr with a strike like that? Wow. >>



I bought that 1889 Morgan, although I no longer own it. I don't know how anyone could have denied it was a proof.

MICHAELDIXON

Last month, I put over $100 of modern proof nickels, dimes and quarters into rolls and took them to a bank in Frederick, MD. I'm surprised nobody has posted about receiving them.

ckrakowski

anymore??

LotsoLuck

These and a few more, bank roll finds, semi-wild.

CalicoJack

I found a 1971 S Ike dollar about 5 years ago.

It was from a bank. I was just going around asking tellers for Ikes so a friend of mine and I could fill up a Dansco.

ckrakowski

<< <i>These and a few more, bank roll finds, semi-wild.


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ckrakowski

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Bankerbob56

Unless there is bullion value, why would anyone bother to keep a proof coin out of circulaton? Just not sure what the attraction would be?!

ckrakowski

<< <i>Unless there is bullion value, why would anyone bother to keep a proof coin out of circulaton? Just not sure what the attraction would be?! >>



for me it is because it was a coin never meant to be in circulation in the first place.

LotsoLuck

<< <i>Unless there is bullion value, why would anyone bother to keep a proof coin out of circulaton? Just not sure what the attraction would be?! >>



For me it was flipping a $10 roll for $30.

ckrakowski

more please.

robkool

I found a few proof Kennedy halves, including a 1997 s that was also 90% silver...

Kozman

Some proof state quarters in change.

Goldbully

<< <i>more please. >>



Bought raw on eBay as MS63RB for $39.......submitted to PCGS............


Graded PR62RB.....a pleasant surprise for sure.

magikbilly

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<< <i>NOT a Pr with a strike like that? Wow. >>



I bought that 1889 Morgan, although I no longer own it. I don't know how anyone could have denied it was a proof. >>



I looked again, and I don't know either. As Andy would say, it has the fabric of a Proof coin!

Eric

GrumpyEd

I've found a lot of proofs while searching rolls.

This 2006-S 5c is the only proof I've got in change.
When I got it my change was $2.05 and they gave me a $2 bill and this, I asked if they had any other odd change but that was it. I figured someone spent some stuff from a collection.

JedPlanchet

A couple of quarters and a dime in change over the past 10 years - all clad.

ckrakowski

<< <i>I've found a lot of proofs while searching rolls.

This 2006-S 5c is the only proof I've got in change.
When I got it my change was $2.05 and they gave me a $2 bill and this, I asked if they had any other odd change but that was it. I figured someone spent some stuff from a collection.


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i love it.

anablep

I've found some Kennedy half proofs in roll searches, got a proof dime in change as well as nickels and quarters. Probably have about 5 or 6 total from "the wild." Its fun to find one like that.