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<p>[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 184166, member: 6763"]samjimmy:</p><p> Generally 'they' are talking about uncs. Especialy considering that proofs were made for collectors, and were carefully saved.</p><p> The others were simply dumped into circulation and any savings was done haphazardly. So, it is by chance that a regular issue was saved, probably by someone who didn't get a proof.</p><p> Remember, in those days they didn't discriminate by proof v regualr of even saved by mintmarks, which is why some dates are downright rare in uncs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 184166, member: 6763"]samjimmy: Generally 'they' are talking about uncs. Especialy considering that proofs were made for collectors, and were carefully saved. The others were simply dumped into circulation and any savings was done haphazardly. So, it is by chance that a regular issue was saved, probably by someone who didn't get a proof. Remember, in those days they didn't discriminate by proof v regualr of even saved by mintmarks, which is why some dates are downright rare in uncs.[/QUOTE]
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