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<p>[QUOTE="phankins11, post: 2199447, member: 70703"]For an impulse buy, you didn't do too bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>3,010,497 minted, which was average mintage for proofs during that time, up until 92 when the US mint started minting both silver and clad proofs. It's a nice looking proof. Those spots are common, they can be carbon spots from some one breathing or sneezing over it unptotected, or can happen other ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sell these for 1.99, think I'm out of 86s tho. Looking at ebay sold averages they go for around my BIN price. But...and this the most important but, if you like it, then you paid the right amount. 2 bucks over the average is not bad, you can't flip it, but it ain't bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm a washington quarter guy and had a ton of fun buying all my clad proofs, some of the nicest coins I have, and I'll bet I overpaid on half of them, but who cares, I had to have them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="phankins11, post: 2199447, member: 70703"]For an impulse buy, you didn't do too bad. 3,010,497 minted, which was average mintage for proofs during that time, up until 92 when the US mint started minting both silver and clad proofs. It's a nice looking proof. Those spots are common, they can be carbon spots from some one breathing or sneezing over it unptotected, or can happen other ways. I sell these for 1.99, think I'm out of 86s tho. Looking at ebay sold averages they go for around my BIN price. But...and this the most important but, if you like it, then you paid the right amount. 2 bucks over the average is not bad, you can't flip it, but it ain't bad. I'm a washington quarter guy and had a ton of fun buying all my clad proofs, some of the nicest coins I have, and I'll bet I overpaid on half of them, but who cares, I had to have them.[/QUOTE]
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