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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 3031087, member: 69760&quot;]I know that NGC and PCGS don&#039;t recognize their existence. However, I discovered that the 1917 Annual report from the director of the Mint states that there were 939 proof pieces made for &quot;minor coins&quot;. These minor coins refer to nickels and cents, as you can see from the Mint&#039;s table of minor coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we know that the nominal value of these minor coins is $27.99 with a total of 939 minted, that means that there were <i>exactly</i> 474 proof Wheat cents and 465 proof Buffalo nickels minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did make sure that those figures are for 1917 and not for 1916 (the latter of which had a proof mintage of 600 for each of the cents and nickels). So, they <i>did </i>exist, but do they <i>still</i> exist? What happened to these proof nickels and cents? Were they melted down??</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]755327[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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