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It doesn't even look like it is in any plastic let alone a hard plastic case. It just looks like a 1968 rosie to me. If it came in an envelope and not a small box, then it is not a proof set. Take a picture of the entire set. I don't want to burst your bubble but your $16,000 set may only be worth about $6.00.
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Pillar of the Community
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The Red is the Denver Mint set , not S.F
It may have been sent out of the Assay Office in S.F. but the coins were minted in Phila. (blue stripe ) and Denver (red stripe )
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02/13/2013 10:50 pm
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Yes it is in its original plastic and has not been opened. The penny is the S marked penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Obviously something fishy here...Your set is not proof, it's uncirculated and your set is from Denver, not SF. Also, the first picture of your "No "S" Dime" is clearly not a proof.
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Ill open it again and retake more photos. I think I shot both sets and the San Francisco set is blue and with the no s dime.  Edited by r mezzie
02/13/2013 11:02 pm
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Yes the "no s dime" is from proof sets. The dime pictured is obviously a business strike. Sorry we had to break it to you. Keep searching there may be still some out there.
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Ok thanks for the help. How can I tell the difference between the business strike coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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The proofs will have mirrored fields with frosted devices. They will look like the coins ssuperddave posted.
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Pillar of the Community
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the no S is from a Proof set. Yours is not
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 You can tell (besides it is not in the hard plastic case the proof sets come in) the plastic token says "Uncirculated Mint Set" right on it. The plastic set will have Proof Set on it's case as well. Too bad it's not a no S dime in an 1968 proof set! My first foray into coin collecting was with a friend that had a 1913 Liberty nickle handed down from his grandfather. We lived in Denver, about 50 miles away from the ANA so he took me with him to have it looked at - of course it was fake, as there are only 5, 1913 Liberty nickels known to have been struck. And all but one at that time were in known collections. Oh well, he may not have become a millionaire that day. While we were there we got a little tour of the ANA and I was fascinated with the museum and all the coins on display. I already had a small box of strange coins, like wheat cents, Canadian cents, Ike dollars, etc. so began my love of coins, I dug into that little collection box as soon as I got home. THen on to ordering a 14 lb. bag of wheat cents, some coin magazines and a RedBook, haven't looked back, within 4 years I was working my first job at the local coin shop after school and on Saturday.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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@kevinkjn21 Your Roosevelt dime is a business strike dime from Philadelphia, which didn't place mintmarks on the dimes at the time. The rarity in question is a 1968 no S proof dime which was only sold in a proof set and features a brilliant proof finish. |
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Your dime is a perfectly normal business strike minted in Philadelphia which did not use a mintmark until 1980. The No "S" dimes are proof-only issues and you will not find one in circulation. They were minted specially for collectors and you will only find one in a Proof Set(hard plastic case). Edited by biokemist6
07/02/2015 12:42 pm
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