Question About Proof Sets - I'm New At Collecting

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Washington_Rocks New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:29 pm Is it common to have business strike coins in a proof set? I bought an S proof set and it has a business strike dime in it from Philadelphia, according to an appraiser at HA. It's a 1975 S proof set, but the dime has no mint mark. Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

Jakes Coins Pillar of the Community United States 735 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:33 pm to the ccf I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set \| Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96851 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:35 pm we need Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
gsp193 Pillar of the Community United States 975 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:35 pm There have been two graded 1975 no S Dimes in proof sets but I do not know much about it but I found this on coinfacts. I know others will want to see a pic of the obverse and reverse of the dime Check out this 1975 10C No S on PCGS CoinFacts! https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin/detail/5254 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96851 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:44 pm This is a direct quote from PCGS: Quote: Only two examples of the 1975-S No S Dime are known. The first coin was discovered in a 1975-S Proof Set in 1977. The second example was found seven years later. The discovery coin was sold in 1979 to Proof coin specialist, Fred Vollmer, who sold it the next years later to a collector. Neither coin had ever appeared at auction until the discovery coin was included in the 2011 ANA sale offerings by Stack's-Bowers. "No-S" Proof coins were the product of the way in which Proof dies were handled. Beginning in 1968, when the San Francisco Mint began striking Proof coins, all dies for Proof coins were prepared at the Philadelphia Mint. This was done by adding a mintmark to a normal P-Mint die. However, some dies escaped this process, thus we see "No-S" dimes in 1968, 1970, 1975, and 1983, "No-S" Nickels in 1971, and "No-S" Lincoln Cents in 1990. Any estimates of the number of "No-S" coins is strictly a guess, but all except for the 1975 No-S Dime have certified populations of between 24 and 242. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:46 pm Is it a business strike just in the proof set slot? The proof sets are not truly sealed so it is possible someone opened it up and swapped the proof dime out with a regular business strike. If it is a Proof with no S mint mark, well then as others have said, you've got yourself something there. My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Report this Post to the Staff
Washington_Rocks New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 5:58 pm The dime is still in the proof set. Report this Post to the Staff
halfamind Pillar of the Community United States 1498 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:00 pm Definitely check for tampering with the case. Does the dime have a proof finish? (I saw OP's pix after replying. Does not look like a proof, on first glance.) Edited by halfamind 02/10/2022 6:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:02 pm Not a proof. Report this Post to the Staff
Washington_Rocks New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:11 pm This is how it came to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Washington_Rocks New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:13 pm The surface is extremely shiny. Gosh, so who do you purchase from who has legitimate coins? I bought this from a coin shop. It came in a proof envelope. Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:45 pm that's an uncirculated set, not a proof set Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96851 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:46 pm What that set is, is a Philadelphia Minted Uncirculated set. it would have cone in a white envelope along with the Denver mints uncirculated set as well. Here is an image of my P mint uncirculated set. then the full uncirculated set THEN, a San Francisco Proof set Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Edited by Dearborn 02/10/2022 6:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
gsp193 Pillar of the Community United States 975 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:46 pm I think thats the Philadelphia mint set should be a Denver pack with red stripe with it. Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2955 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:47 pm Or is this just a regular Philadelphia mint set? It is a little hard to see mintmarks through the glare, but I can't seem to make out any mintmarks. with halfamind about tampering with the case possibility. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 02/10/2022 6:50 pm Half a 1975 US Mint Set, that's all. None of the other coins have a mintmark either. Report this Post to the Staff
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