Post your impaired proofs!
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Let's see if this interesting topic has any traction.
Curious to see if anyone has an eye for less than perfect graded proofs.
Here's a head scratcher:
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Mr_Spud
I believe @braddick might have a PR02 or PR03 Trade dollar. As for me, the most "impaired" I can go is a PR10-
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i also have a pcgs 10 dollar
1950 Genuine, Questionable Color
PF64CAM (too bad the reverse fields are heavily impaired)
Cracked from a PR3 PCGS slab and housed now in a type set album.
peacockcoins
What a lovely trime!
I love this, because it makes my head spin thinking of how/why it got in that plastic
Her older cousin beside her, same grade.
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This is the only circulated example of the nine known 1827 Originals.
I have received S-mint Proof coins in circulation. Part of the reason is that some of these Proof set have such a low price, compared to their face value, that some people have simply cracked them out and spent them rather than try to sell them.
Also most people don't look at their change in detail. The coin might be a little shinier than normal, but most would not look for the "S" mint mark. Therefore the piece stayed in circulation for a few months.
Perhaps a kid got into his father’s coin collection and spent it. Perhaps it was in an album and went bad. Most inexpensive albums are not a good “home” for Proof coins.
The big question is why would anyone spend the money to have it certified? Perhaps it was the last freebie in a PCGS grading plan deal. It certainly makes no economic sense otherwise.
Here's an 1861 impaired Proof silver dollar that was in my type set for several years. I was attracted to the smooth surfaces.
A dealer friend saw this piece before a prior owner mess it up by cleaning it. He just shook his head when he saw it. I sold it for a profit to another dealer when I was in business. Believe it or not, I got $1,200 for it.
Modern proofs have such limited value, it’s easier to crack them and cash them in than to try to find a buyer to make 50 cents on a set. Here’s a shot of my change bucket that will get dumped at the bank.
Pocket piece
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