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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swhuck, post: 766065, member: 21044&quot;]This isn&#039;t strictly true. There exist a few scattered Branch Mint proofs of a few coins, although branch mint proofs were by no means the norm and there were no branch mint proof sets. Both the New Orleans Mint and the Carson City Mint were known to make the occasional proof Morgan, and both the 1838-O half and the 1894-S dime were proof only issues. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The quality of the branch mint proofs was not on a par with Philadelphia proofs. The branch mints didn&#039;t really know the process of manufacturing a proof coin, so they pretty much made things up as they went along. However, I&#039;ve seen a couple of very nice branch mint proofs, such as <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1121&amp;Lot_No=5084" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1121&amp;Lot_No=5084" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1121&amp;Lot_No=5084</a>, a truly impressive coin in hand that is not likely to be mistaken for a circulation strike any time soon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, getting back to the OP&#039;s question -- a 1879-S Trade Dollar coming out of China has about as much chance of being authentic as I have of getting a date with Jessica Biel tonight. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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