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Valued Member
United States
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Man, that's crazy. I sure wish that I could come across a great find in my roll searches!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1388 Posts |
that's almost a scary good find!!...  |
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United States
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Nice finds! Awesome!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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congrats, I've only found 4 proofs in about $20k, but one was a silver.
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Pillar of the Community
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To answer the question the proofs did appear to be recently dumped, only hand fingerprints, and probally bg marks from being tumbled arroung in the rolling machine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
672 Posts |
Question: I had alot of 67' kennedys that appeared to be proofs but had no mm... were these proofs not issued with a mm, or were they just polished 67's?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sounds like the same person also dumped the 67's out of his Special Mint Sets, too! Great Find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
I am shocked how stupid people are. Why would you cut open a proof set to bring the coins to the bank. If I knew nothing about coins I would think I would know better than to cut something out of a package. I would like to think I would try to sell it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll throw out another possibility. Some of this stuff we are finding is actually "stolen". This is fact. I have had some bank tellers and a coin dealer tell me this. Unfortunately, unless caught in the act no one can do anything about it.
In a twisted way it's nice that it ends up with another collector.
Good find Americana and congrats. There are 2 types of 81-S and you should check it out. Hopefully someone could help you out on the diagnosis (type II is more valuable). Check the others as well.
Peace.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found a dozen of the Kennedy proofs in a box about a year ago. My theory is the same as someone posted earlier - some unknowing child raided dads or grandpas coin collection for spending money. I'd hate to be him when dad or gramps finds out!
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Question: I had alot of 67' kennedys that appeared to be proofs but had no mm... were these proofs not issued with a mm, or were they just polished 67's? No proofs were issued in 1965~1967. There were Special Mint Sets instead of proofs; early strike SMS coins are proof-like. No coins dated 1965~1967 have mint marks, including the SMS strikes. |
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Pillar of the Community
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We got a '92-S in a box last night, a clad. Wasn't in bad shape, either, far as these finds go. Trouble with them is the stricter grading standards, due, principally, IMHO, not only to the fact that they weren't intended to circulate, but to the related the fact that their delicate, glass-like surfaces were never intended to withstand that circulation contact. Too bad. But they're always a pleasure to find, when you can, don't get me wrong!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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ive found 5 proofs in 30,000 dollars of halves would love to have a find like that good job. later greg
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Pillar of the Community
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I have looked at about 2,000 and found a total of 17 (i evidently found a roll with about 15 proofs in it (7 silver and a 1970d half))
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great find! I've maybe found a dozen proofs over the last 5 years. Probably about $30,000 searched or more. Very hard to come by. And yes could have been stolen- I lost a chunk of my collection and I learned later that most of it was dumped into a Coinstar machine and went back into circulation- buffalo ickels, Indian cents, halve proofs you name it, except silver is rejected by the machines. |
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