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Finally found a 1999 WAM but it's a proof   . Just wondering how to put a value on an impaired proof (what's it worth)? How many proofs have you found in your roll searching? Thanks all,
John1   
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice pull! I have a hard time finding "S" mint in any strike much less proof.
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United States
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Very cool find. I've only ever found a JFK proof, and it was a very hazy proof.
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United States
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Still a good find.  Not sure about value, but it looks to have survived the worst. |
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Really I can't see a premium for a "used" proof. I know I wouldn't add one to my collection unless it were a key date and I used it for a filler.
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United States
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More bad news I'm afraid.... The " WAM" is a business strike coin (P or D) that has the proof S reverse. So the Proof S coins for 98, 99, 2000 all should be WAMs by design. Somehow the mint got some of the reverse dies exchanged. My understanding is that if you find a proof S with the AM close in those years you have a valuable find. If I am correct on this you have a normal S proof here. Sorry for the bad news... |
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i found a 72S nickel in circulation a year or so ago. I posted it here, one of my earliest posts. it had been in circulation quite some time. I guess it would grade something like proof XF (PF40) or something along that line. kind of an oddity.
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If I am correct on this you have a normal S proof here. Sorry for the bad news... I am pretty sure he knew that, which is why he said "unfortunately" in the topic, as in "I finally found a 1999 WAM; unfortunately it is a proof, which are normally WAM." |
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Opps, I think your right. When I read it at first I thought he was sad about a proof in circulation getting dinged up. I owe you guys one.... sorry!
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No problem! What you said was still the truth, just misapplied. No harm, no foul.  |
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Got this in change:   |
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United States
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That's not a bad looking circulated proof! I've found a few myself, but no cents. I've found 1 dime, 3 nickels, 1 Franklin half and 2 Kennedy halves in circulation. Most of mine are pretty sorry looking. |
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I got a 1994 cent from circulation.
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United States
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Nice Find! I've only found two proofs in the wild, congrats.
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I've gotten a couple of nickels and halves, along with quite a nice Georgia proof State Quarter with nearly no marks. I keep the proofs I get, but I suppose if they are well circulated, it wouldn't be too much use to hold onto them. |
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Posted 11/10/2010 10:25 am
