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tumbleweedtrumpet Pillar of the Community United States 1418 Posts	Posted 10/30/2009 8:01 pm Did they mint proofs in the early 1900's? Not proof sets, but proofs. I hear about them, but some people tell me they were mited more recently with an older date. Others tell me they were minted with the date. What is true? Report this Post to the Staff

RFB Pillar of the Community United States 532 Posts	Posted 10/30/2009 9:18 pm Without some long song and dance the easy answer is NO, proofs are made in year of issue. Plenty of sticky situations about misappropriate use of dies over the years. Plenty of finger pointing conspiracies through the operations of the US mint's history, but the simple answer ignoring situational snafus is they are struck during year of issue. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/30/2009 9:24 pm Proofs have been minted since the since the 1830s in various denominations with a few gaps, mainly around WWI and WWII. Proofs have not always been sold in sets like they are currently, you could purchase them individually or in small sets such as minor coinage(cent, 2 cent, Three Cent, and nickel five cent) or a gold set. The high end collector of the day would purchase all of the denominations available. In regard to the date on proofs, it is accurate for the year minted. The one exception would be the 1804 dollars which were actually minted 1834 and later. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 10/31/2009 9:13 pm Quote: Did they mint proofs in the early 1900's? Not proof sets, but proofs. I hear about them, but some people tell me they were mited more recently with an older date. Others tell me they were minted with the date. What is true? Depends on what you really mean by early 1900's. As already noted proofs have been around for a long time. If you had a Red Book, for example, you could see the many, many dates of proofs in the early 1900's. For example the Liberty Headed Nickel had proofs from 1883 to 1912. Also, the 1913 but those can not be found to easily. Report this Post to the Staff
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