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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3985770, member: 101855&quot;]Collectors sometimes mix Mint State and Proof Indian Cents in their sets because the Proofs can be cheaper, or they used to be. When I was a dealer I had a client who wanted an 1877. As it turned out, that key date is cheaper in Proof than it is in Choice Mint State. So I purchased a Proof for him. </p><p><br /></p><p>Adding to the viability of the Proof was that the mint got sloppy with its Proof cent production in the 1870s. Some Proofs are not that much different in appearance than than their Mint State counterparts, which gives the mixed set a more uniform look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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