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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ldhair, post: 25272685, member: 11540&quot;]Many years ago, I had to work in Vegas about 4 times each year. Each trip I would play the half dollar slots just for fun. I was always finding proofs but they were pretty beat up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many proofs go into circulation because dealers and collectors open proof sets and pick out the best coins to have graded or for albums. The rest of the coins are not worth much and are hard to sell for much over face value. They just get rolled and cashed in. I bought a lot of Nickel proofs from the 50s and 60s from a dealer for 15 or 20 cents each. The dealer was happy to make a few dollars on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never busted up proof sets but did a lot of UNC mint sets. I did well sending in the half and dollar coins in for grading. MS 65 or better were bringing strong prices from collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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