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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2161998, member: 66&quot;]They did confiscate some of them.&nbsp; Since they were mainly proofs and there was no way to prove how they left the mint they decided that if the &quot;error&quot; COULD have fit into the proof set holder they would let it go.&nbsp; But if it wouldn&#039;t fit is was subject to confiscation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No reason to as they would be expecting proofs to be made in 1913 so why strike some in 1912?&nbsp; (By Dec 12th 1912 they knew there would be no 1913 V nickels so after that point there would be no reason to strike any for &quot;cabinet purposes&quot;.)</p><p><br /></p><p>They don&#039;t test dies unless changes are made,&nbsp; The 1913 dies were just like the 1912&#039;s except for the date so there would be no reason to &quot;test&quot; them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe they were privately struck and if the government insissts on confiscating some privately made mint products they should be consistent and confiscate all of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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