Trial? Test? Experimental? Pattern Coin?

Still not seeing it. Looks like a BU circulation coin.

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Same year and date circulation coins and proof coins weight the same.

But you weren't talking about weight, you said all the coins in your original post are proofs. I'm saying none of them are.

yes sir. I said its proof, but you said its Bu circulation so I'm asking back if Bu circulation weigh 2.8grams? I must confess that I'm bad at taking a photos, so I took your opinion that its a Bu circulation. Now, I'm asking does Bu circulation weigh 2.8grams? What is this really mean is, you made an assessment base on what you see on the photos base on your opinion, is it really all that easy, there are alot of things needed to make an assessment. yet you said it twice that's its a BU circulation like you are 100% sure so I'm asking, does BU circulation really weigh 2.8grams?

just to add up: I really hate schooling people but the correct way of assessing this is to ask for a magnification photo of the coin, if you see a multiple strike marks or not, that's how you can tell if its proof or Bu circulation. I hope you are aware of PR60 and impaired proof. In the end its still called a proof.

DynexBATS, how did you determine that this 1975 LMC is a proof coin?

None of those coins look even remotely like proof coins. If one is underweight, that is another indication of a normal business strike, it is quite common for business strike coins to be off weight a bit, but the mint is more careful with proof coins.

To make this clear to OP (as it doesn't seem anybody has specified this yet): the Denver mint has never made proof versions of circulating coins. Proofs were made in Philadelphia with no mintmark in 1964 and before, and in San Francisco with an "S" mintmark since 1968.



Whoever told you this is severely misinformed. "Impaired proofs" are a thing - but they have to actually be proofs first. There's no indication that any of these coins are anything other than regular circulation strikes, judging by the pictures and by the dates and mintmarks themselves.

Also, that 1963 nickel is not 90% silver. It's made of an alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper, the same as any other nickel since 1866 (with the exception of the 35% silver War Nickels made from 1942-1945).