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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manny9655, post: 4758968, member: 112417&quot;]Now that I see it out of the holder, I&#039;m going to change my guess to Proof-62.&nbsp; I might as well tell you all now what happened to my 1878.&nbsp; It was originally my grandmother&#039;s.&nbsp; She gave that coin and an 1867 nickel 3-cent to me when I was a young teen and had been collecting for a short time.&nbsp; Where she got them, I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; She had no idea what either coin was worth.&nbsp; She was born in 1901 and didn&#039;t come to this country until the early 1920&#039;s.&nbsp; The 1878 would have probably graded Proof-50 to 55 today, it was lightly circulated.&nbsp; Well, in 1980, I sold the coin for $900 to buy an engagement ring and wedding band for a woman that I ended up not marrying.&nbsp; I&#039;m still kicking myself for that decision (selling the coin, that is).&nbsp; The only saving grace (I guess) is that coin hasn&#039;t appreciated in value at all, in fact, it&#039;s dropped a bit in those 40 years, which I don&#039;t understand for a coin that had only 2,350 minted,&nbsp; except maybe the demand for them has dropped.&nbsp; I still have the 1867 which would grade probably F to VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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