My First "Found In Circulation" Proof: $1 1994

Tonight I found a proof coin from circulation: a 1994 dollar. Now, for those of you who are casino haunters and mule hunters, finding proofs is probably run of the mill, but this was my first proof coin, ever.

My mum had been given it in change earlier in the day, and was in the process of buying tea at Sizzlers. I spotted the coin's unusually dark mirrored fields, and hoped it wasn't a trick of the spotlights overhead. Hastily I offered to pay for dinner instead, and retrieved the coin from her later at the table. It was indeed a proof.

Sure, it's a bit battered from circulating through a couple of hands and purses, and the joy of discovery is soured somewhat by the almost certain knowledge that this coin would have been "liberated" from some poor guy's collection by a thief or some other lowlife scum who thought it was just a normal dollar.

Still, it's been rescued from further indignities, and found a good home, now.

Edit: forgot to add the picture. Silly of me.