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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 516927, member: 16133&quot;]To my knowledge, branch mint proofs are really the exception rather than the rule.&nbsp; I know that there&#039;s something like 4 1884-CC Morgan proofs known, and that they made about a dozen Proof CC Morgans in 1893 to commemorate the end of coinage at the Carson City Mint.&nbsp; Then there&#039;s the Zerbe Morgan proofs made in San Francisco in 1921, those were made for friends of the Mint Director.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of these were &quot;Normal&quot; proofs.&nbsp; Then there&#039;s the 1894-S Dime, those are considered proofs but they certainly were not made to be regularly issued to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did E-Mail a dealer that I know who is VERY knowledgeable about Barbers, he said that there&#039;s one 1892-O Proof Barber Half known to exist.&nbsp; Apparently it was assumed to be a unique presentation piece made at the resumption of half dollar coinage at the New Orleans mint.&nbsp; It&#039;s apparently a proof in surface state only and is a typical weak strike NO mint coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surely someone else on the board knows more than I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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