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United States
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I was at an outlet mall sitting in the food court with nothing to do (waiting for my mom LOL). I literally started playing with the vending machine and kept throwing in and returning dollar coins. This one sure surprised me: And heh, circulation seems to have given it a bit of wear, but still cool to find.   |
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Canada
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I used to trow quarters in the vending machine at my school and then refund them until I no longer and a pocket full of regular quarters but a pocket full of commems, long story short I Broke the machine lol, nice find
Feel free to call me Will.
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01/26/2014 5:59 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Haha, glad I'm not the only person that does that to vending machines.
I'm sure I got plenty of funny looks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Verifiable proof that playing with a machine like this can pay off  ...nice find! |
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 United States
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Nice find,it's called an impaired proof. Don't find many in circulation.In 42 years of the hobby I have found around 10 impaired proof coins. John1  |
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United States
105 Posts |
I've only found one other while counting my drawer as a cashier. I didn't know what a proof even was at the time but hung on to it because it just felt way too shiny to be a normal coin.  Edited by KevinSun242
01/26/2014 7:20 pm
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United States
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I wonder how many folks look at a proof coin in circulation and say, "That's odd." But then back into circulation it goes. I found an S mint State Quarter that still had the cameo but the traditional nicks and scratches of a circulated coin. Then a couple of weeks back, I found a 1975 S Jefferson. That coin looked like any other coin from that period; dull and uninteresting to most. But it's still a thrill to find something that 'shouldn't' be there. Nice find! |
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United States
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I have gotten a few proof halves over the years while CRHing.
Once I was on a bus coming back to a field trip. We stopped at a rest stop and knowing us kids we raided the vending machine for candy, soda, etc. The machine gave out gold dollars for change and everyone was bringing them to me because they knew I collected coins. Long story, short I had to explain that they were not made of real gold and they were only worth $! each.
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Valued Member
United States
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Once when I was in second grade or so, this one kid in school would keep promising me a "gold coin" if I did so-and-so for him, or gave him so-and-so. And he showed me one of the gold dollar coins. But every time I asked him he wouldn't give it to me. But then one day he gave me a quarter that he colored over with a scarlet Crayola crayon and called it a "gold coin".
Those elementary school days...
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01/26/2014 10:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm pretty new and was curious how you guys can tell those are proofs? Is it because of the S mint mark, or that it's darker? Sorry if this is a basic question.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've had four proof finds in less than a year. My best was a 1973-S clad proof Ike dollar!  |
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United States
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I'm pretty new and was curious how you guys can tell those are proofs? Is it because of the S mint mark, or that it's darker? Sorry if this is a basic question. Newer proofs can be told because generally because of the S mintmark (post-1967) and because the coin is very shiny (unless heavily circulated). If you've ever seen a brand new Canadian quarter in your change, that is almost like the amount of shiny that proof coins have. Edited by coinsearcher83
01/26/2014 11:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's what I figured. The background looks kind of shiny in comparison and the S. I figured that was it but wasn't sure. Could some coins look like that but have P/D mints on them? Or are proofs only struck in San Fran?
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United States
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Philadelphia does produce proof coins still...I know of at least the American Silver Eagle (Philly proofs through 2000, Reverse Proofs 2006 and 2011), and Philly does produce other [true] commemorative proofs from time to time. Philadelphia has not (to my knowledge) produced any cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half, or dollar proofs since 1967, save for the Anthony Dollar proof in 1999. Since 1968, only San Fransisco has produced proof versions of circulating coins. Denver has never produced a proof, to my knowledge. West Point also produces proofs, but only those of the Bullion and (true) Commemorative coins. Note: Any proof after 1967 can bear no mint mark (i.e., the 1968 no S proof dime and 1990 no S proof cent...there may be more, but that's all I can think of at the moment). Any of those coins are worth considerably more than the ones bearing an S mint mark of those years. As well, all proofs before Philadelphia started using mint marks cannot be (easily) distinguished from their regular circulation counterparts except via the clear and obvious proof shine if you compared the suspected proof with one that wasn't. Edited by Groszy
01/27/2014 12:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the helpers guys!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got a wyoming silver proof that had heavy circulation last spring
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