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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2137171, member: 24633&quot;]I don&#039;t think the half dollar proofs are sold separately by the Mint. Maybe I misunderstood you. It&#039;s my guess that the dealers buy the proof sets from the Mint and submit them in bulk for grading. Any that do not meet their minimum grade are returned raw. Then, the dealers will try to sell the ungraded ones in tubes or individually to dispose of the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was searching boxes of half dollars, I would occasionally find an impaired proof, and it&#039;s my guess that these were the worst of the lots that made their way to circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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