I've put together a kind of a set of Mercs in the past year. 1940-1945 all ms 66+ or better. I totally love these and believe the beauty/ dollar ratio to be very high. So far I have avoided the proofs, but if you keep showing me coins like that I'm going to have to ask my wife to up my coin budget...
I found this in the street in December walking home from my local park. It's a scratched up 1944-S. BUT I FOUND IT IN THE STREET.