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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 114016, member: 68&quot;]I&#039;ve found dozens of proofs in circulation.&nbsp; The most amazing one was back in about 1996 </p><p>I found a &#039;68-S quarter worn down to VG.&nbsp; The proof singles got down as low as about 120%</p><p>of face value back in 1995 and the entire sets got close to 150% of face.&nbsp; Buyers were hard</p><p>to find so motivated sellers would sometimes just bust the sets up and spend them or, more</p><p>typically, save only the nice coins.&nbsp; Some of the older sets have been placed into circulation </p><p>in fairly substantial numbers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the proofs going into circulation now days are culls from recently broken sets.&nbsp; When</p><p>the total value of the coins in the set rises above the value of the set then they&#039;ll be destroyed</p><p>in large numbers.&nbsp; Buyers have no interest in coins with tarnish or marking so these often just</p><p>go into pocket change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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