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Message:: [QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 3211805, member: 77413"]1952-S[ATTACH=full]834152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]834153[/ATTACH] The Dansco album that holds these nickels is titled "Jefferson Nickels including  proof-only issues". This means they don't provide any slots for the proofs from 1938-1942 or 1950-1970 (or the 65-67 SMS's). Starting in 1971 San Francisco produced only proofs, and these are what are represented in the album. This poses a conundrum for the collector. There is only one slot for the year and mintmark. There just isn't a place to put proofs or Special Mint Set coins. You have to choose whether the set contains business strikes, or to take a "best possible coin" approach and put in proofs - but not represent the business strikes at all. Although the proofs are beautiful, it's more challenging and satisfying to track down a good business strike. The same issue, then, applies to this thread. I've been trying to represent the original collection that mixed in some post-1960 proofs instead of business strikes. However, I have replaced those and now have the proofs separate. So I will throw in a proof from time to time at random just so they can be shown. Here, for example, is the 1952 proof. It's a PF68 in an NGC slab, which makes it harder to photograph. Now I have to figure out where to post the 38-42 and 1950 proofs... 1952 Proof[ATTACH=full]834156[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]