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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;StevenHarden, post: 4282386, member: 67639&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">[USER=92083]@JCro57[/USER] Thank You for your comment.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The 1980S proof Lincoln cent was most likely put into that stapled 2x2 in 1980, basically 40 years ago.&nbsp; At that time my father was working with other dealers across the country who were ordering proof coins by the roll instead of full proof sets.&nbsp; Back then there would be an employee or set of employees that would sit down and take apart proof sets from the mint and put the coins in tubes by denomination.&nbsp; This was done to the tune of thousands of sets.&nbsp; During that process different pieces would be put to the side as being below-average, problem pieces, or errors.&nbsp; This is one example of those pieces that was pulled to the side.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The same story applies to the origin of the 1970S proof Roosevelt dime I posted.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">As you said, it probably is a good idea to get those proof pieces out of the stapled 2x2 holders.&nbsp; I would hate to have something happen and the staple scratch across the surface of the coin or something else happen.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Thank you again.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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