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& I firmly believe there must be one or two that "accidentally" entered into circulation , given the number of proof sets minted that year ......£8 is very steep even for a proof penny, have you considered searching through a tonne of penny bank bags ? 
Posted 05/03/2014 2:15 pm
Even if every single proof penny from 1972 was still in circulation, the chances of finding one would be tiny. The Royal Mint probably released around 100,000 proof sets, and there about 11 billion pennies in circulation.
That means odds of around 1/100,000 of finding one in your change.
That means odds of around 1/100,000 of finding one in your change.
