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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3019940, member: 112&quot;]To be honest I cannot recall when it happened, I am merely aware that it did happen. I do know it was some time ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fair question. The oldest documentation I know off the top of my head for what defines a specimen is over 40 years old, it is found the 1st edition of the ANA grading standards and applies to special coins minted before 1817. Now I&#039;m pretty sure that I can recall much older documentation that says the same thing which is 100 years old or older, without a great deal of reading to find it I can&#039;t exactly pin it down. But I&#039;m thinking it was in old copies of the Numismatist. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the nickels and dimes would not meet this definition as they were not produced under normal circumstances. And all of the documentation that does exist for these coins, including the original mint records, record these coins as being business strikes. And for me, well that&#039;s kind of it, they are business strikes period - end of story. So for anybody, regardless of who they are, to claim otherwise - it flies in the face of reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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