Lousy pics, but I can still tell that it's not a 'no S' proof, but is actually a Philadelphia business strike.
It would help your photos greatly if you would put them on a hard surface instead of in your hand. It will make them much easier to focus. You should also crop out as much as possible of anything that's not the coin.
Yes, I'm sure. The edges are rounded and not squared and the fields are not mirror like. Here is a pic of a 1990 No S cent: From https://www.pcgs.com/top100/coin9.aspx
Shiny does not automatically equal proof. Take some time to learn how coins are struck, and the differences between proof strikes and business strikes. Google is your friend.
I'm serious and I'm on my way home to get my camera so i can give u better pics. I really appreciate the help and better pics i must present to you all so you can help me better..I'll be back with pics in a hour or less
I think a better place to start would be for you to describe why you believe the cents are proof. It's likely that you don't know how to differentiate correctly between the two, but we can help with that. Once you understand how to tell the difference it becomes obvious which are proof and which are not.
Better pictures aren't needed. A basic understanding of the proof vs business strike minting process is.
Jeremy, your cent shows luster in the obverse field. If it were a proof, it wouldn't show luster, but it would show a mirror like finish.
Wow Jeremy, you need to "Go Back Three Spaces" and learn some core basics, my friend. You are NOT showing us a proof, and I can say that despite the blurry images. [If this thread isn't enough evidence that learning about coins on the 'net is fraught with issues, I can't help you.]
How many of his alleged "proofs" from 1970 to 2017 actually are proofs, ya figger? I'm setting the over/under line REAL low, if he even entertains the idea that his pictured coin is a proof.
Proof coins are only issued in sets from the mint. It's generally rare to find any proof coin in circulation. Someone would have to go through the effort of breaking open the plastic holder and then spend the coins at face value. What are the odds that someone was lucky enough to get one of the very few No S cent sets and just decided that they would break open the set and spend the coins. The probability would be very, very, very small. In addition, modern proof coins have a distinctive appearance. If you get any proof cents in change, you'll know it. In 48 years of collecting I've looked at nearly every coin that passed through my hands, I and have probably only received 3 or 4 proof coins total. The Philadelphia Mint made 6.8 BILLION business strike cents for circulation without the a mintmark. The estimated mintage of 1990 No S Proof cents is less than 200. So, based on the difficulty of Proof coins finding their way into circulation and the number of each minted, which do you think you have?