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I have been collecting coins for some time now. Playing my weekly poker game this evening I discovered two 2002 S Roosevelt dimes. (Weird) I though the S mint mark was for Proofs only. These were in circulation and appear to be in excellent shape. Has anyone ever come across this? |
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Pillar of the Community
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You just found a couple proofs in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
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Check the edges to see if they're silver proofs!
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New Member
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They are Copper Clad. Do these just not make the grade for Proof, and are they just dumped into circulation? Just weird I found two in one nite and never seen this before.
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Pillar of the Community
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Proof is a type of strike, not a grade. Proofs that are caught as defective would get recycled. Probably somebody cracked open a proof set and spent it. Perhaps one of your poker buddies has a gambling problem and has started spending their kid's birth-year set?  Edited by CaptainFwiffo
02/26/2012 12:07 am
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New Member
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LOL. Not likely on the gambling issue. My friends kids are all grown up, and they don't collect coins. Yes I beleive someone broke open a proof set and spent it. It certainly isn't unheard of. If I had to grade them they would only be Proof Like as there isn't really any frosting of the bust on the obverse side like in my actual proof sets I have. They almost look like an excellent Business Strike.
Thank you for your input on this though.
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New Member
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Braking a proof set open and spending the coins in circulations seems unlikely. I believe a lot of proofs you find in circulation were stolen from someone or somewhere and then spent.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have found two Jefferson proof nickels in circulation,and funny thing....they are both 2002 S also!  |
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That is very weird. But stuff happens lol.
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too bad they weren't silver! Fun find nonetheless
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Bedrock of the Community
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Has been happening a lot lately. Due to the economy and an increase in home robberies, more and more coin collections are getting stolen. Criminals usually don't want to take chances selling them so they just dump them into those coin counting machines everywhere. Some take them to banks. Most criminals have little interest in coins as a Numismatic item, only a method of acquiring cash. More and more people are finding old coins in circulation due to the same thing.
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Braking a proof set open and spending the coins in circulations seems unlikely. I believe a lot of proofs you find in circulation were stolen from someone or somewhere and then spent. Inheritance is another reason. Many times the heirs do not know what they are worth and do not feel that the time to do some research would pay off. |
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Posted 02/25/2012 11:23 pm
