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1) All 1987-S quarters started out as proof coins.
2) A proof coin does not have a "coating". It is struck from specially prepared dies and handled carefully for sale to the public.
3) Not all proofs exhibit the cameo characteristic.
4) What you have is called an impaired proof. It lost its shiny appearance because somebody along the line spent it, and it appears to have spent quite a while in circulation.
I keep impaired proofs not because they are valuable, but just for the novelty of me finding a coin in circulation that was once probably part of a proof set.
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Pillar of the Community
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 At some point a circulated proof will be very difficult to tell apart from a business strike unless there are specific die markers. In this case, any die markers would match anyways, since the coin would have been struck by the proof dies even it hadn't been a proof strike. |
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I can certainly see why you would ask.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Keep looking!  to the CCF! |
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It is a former proof coin.
I find it amazing that the coin spent enough time to lose all of its mirrored finish as most are plucked out with some mirrored field left.
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It is a former proof coin. Once a proof coin, always a proof coin. As stated above, it is a proof coin, now impaired. Fun find in circulation! |
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More proof that Quarters circulate more than other denominations. Pun intended.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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I like how you took a picture through a magnifiving glass. Very cool. I will have to remember that one.
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