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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 3272038, member: 77413&quot;]<b>1981-S Proof</b></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">The matte part of the cameo is starting to cure to an attractive golden color.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p><p>This year has two types of proofs listed. There is only one slot in the Dansco, and I&#039;m not really interested in dividing the proofs based on the clarity of the mint mark. So this is the one I have, which I kinda sorta think might be Type 2. Or maybe Type 1. Or whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I forgot to mention something about the 1981-D. For some reason this was one of the years the original collector did not have represented in the Dansco. This is a good example of the bifurcated market (which [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] has commented on). If I had gone to a high-end seller and bought a slabbed MS66 it would have been around $100. Instead, I went to a well-known seller of commodity coins. They sell virtually every grade of every year in a huge online catalog. From them, I was able to order a &quot;Gem BU&quot; for $2.77. There ought to be a cottage industry just buying their Gem coins, grading them, and selling at a whole other price tier.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]863192[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]863191[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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