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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 184365, member: 1101&quot;]As Ripley might say, &quot;believe it or not&quot;, but it is true - it can happen.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure you have mentioned the exact coin you are referencing, but in the case of Trade Dollars, for example, they were meant to be shipped overseas for trade.&nbsp; Other coins faced similar challenged to preservation - gold was &quot;redeemed&quot; (confiscated) in 1933 by FDR, silver has been through several bull markets where wholesale melting has occurred, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other issue is that proofs are special and most are owned by people who know they are special.&nbsp; To the extent that a business strike of the same date might exist, many of them could be in jewelry boxes or drawers, passed down through generations with no exposure to the coin market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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