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KevinSun242 Valued Member United States 105 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 3:15 pm First time disclaimer Wow, all of the imperfections become so much more clearer when you shoot at it with a camera. Found this in my cash drawer at work when I was counting change. I noticed immediately how unusually shiny the coin was, so I kept it. Also noticed the S mint mark (prior to this point I had no clue what a proof was but knew that I had never seen the S mark before so I kept the coin to find out what it was.) Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 3:34 pm Impaired by circulation, but obviously a Proof. These have become increasingly-common in the last few years because of the economic downturn. Report this Post to the Staff
yotie Pillar of the Community United States 3077 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 7:16 pm nice save looks PR 55 Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15433 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 8:11 pm to the CCF ... in case I missed that the first time. Your coin is indeed a proof strike Jefferson nickel and good eye to pick it out of your cash drawer. Collectors call these 'impaired proofs' as they were not intended to circulate ... but many of them have done so. Nice photos ... hopeful you stick around and share as you can. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
KevinSun242 Valued Member United States 105 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 12:29 am Thanks for the replies and welcomes :D But yeah, it wasn't hard to notice this. I always glance over my coins to see if there's anything interesting in them, and even in a dimly lit cabinet, the coin just screams "look at me!" Edited by KevinSun242 12/17/2013 12:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 08:05 am PR-58. Report this Post to the Staff
edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 4:25 pm PR-55 Report this Post to the Staff
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