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As alrady noted the Red Book by Whitman Publishing shows their dates and quantity minted. |
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PG, nice pair! Jeffrose that would be a great thread to see but I only have two classic proofs here's the other.   |
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Wow those are some nice coins guys ! I'll throw down a second vote for a classic proof show em off thread. Now I'm new to this and I don't have a Red Book. If there is a section in the Red Book with all proof coins even pre-1936 in one area I'll pick one up. I'm fearful that I'll have look up each individual issue and year to see if a proof was available. While on topic of pre-1936 proofs how were they offered? Would collectors write directly to the mint and ask for them or were they advertised for sale? |
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If you had a particular set in mind you can usually google that and get a complete list of coins that have been offered, just in general though getting a Red Book would probably be the easiest way |
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The proof sets are easy to find together in one section across the web.
I was hoping for something like this with pre-1936 single issues. All the proofs in one spot without circulated coins getting in the way perhaps broken down by year.
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I was hoping for something like this with pre-1936 single issues. All the proofs in one spot without circulated coins getting in the way perhaps broken down by year. I highly doubt youll find that to be honest |
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You won't find a section in either the Red Book or Blue Book which lists the pre 1936 proof issues. The only place I am aware of that has lists of proofs of each series is Numismedia.com. The pre 1936 proof coins were ordered directly from the Mint and were sold as singles so if you didn't have to buy all of the denominations available if you didn't want them all. In the 1800's it was common for a person who lived in Philadelphia or nearby to go to the Mint and buy the coins in person or if they lived further away they could purchase them through the mail. Ed ANA LM-3175 Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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The U.S. Mint started creating Proof for collectors in 1858. Before that, they made very limited quantities, otherwise known as presentation pieces. Basically any denomination starting in 1858 is available as a Proof and all (with very few exceptions) came from Philadelphia.
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Thanks Gyrene7483
I'll try Numismedia.com
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The pre 1936 proof coins were ordered directly from the Mint and were sold as singles so if you didn't have to buy all of the denominations available if you didn't want them all. Make that pre 1950. The 1936 to 1942 coins were also available individually. And some of the early years pre 1880 were only available in sets. Then at times they sold gold sets, and silver sets which contained the one cent through the silver dollar. Then they had the minor set that only had the base metal coins. In 1883 they sold a special set of the three different nickels for that year. Then you have the problem on the mintage figures in known was that the number struck or the number sold? And if it is the number struck were they all sold and if not what happened to the remainder? Sometimes they were melted down and sometimes they were just released into circulation. early proofs can be a very complicated subject. |
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As you say it does get complicated esp for a newbee.
I was hoping there would be a website dedicated just to proofs which would sort it out a bit better for those new to the game.
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There is no website, but the best book on the subject is probably Breen's US and Colonial Proof Coins. it has some errors in it but it covers the subject better than anything else I know of. It's long out of print but softbound copies are still fairly available. Hmmm interesting, after doing some checking it looks like the both the 1977 hardbound and the revised 1989 softbound editions are available fairly cheap.
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