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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3004678, member: 84179&quot;]Proof coins are only issued in sets from the mint. It&#039;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. </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, modern proof coins have a distinctive appearance. If you get any proof cents in change, you&#039;ll know it.&nbsp; In 48 years of collecting I&#039;ve looked at nearly every coin that passed through my hands, I and have probably only received 3 or 4 proof coins total.</p><p><br /></p><p>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?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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