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Message:: [QUOTE="GreenPVCHaze, post: 1895346, member: 68310"]You'd be surprised what you can find in circulation. From both vending machines and bank-wrapped rolls, I've found two Chester A. Arthur dollars (the first dollars of the series minted for collectors rather than circulation) and just yesterday a 2006 Sacagawea, mintage of roughly 4.9 million if I remember correctly. I am still at a loss to explain this. I understand mint/proof sets are cut open so that the coins can either be sold individually in flips or sent away for third party certification, but that still doesn't answer my question of how these ended up in circulation once cut out of those sets. Perhaps they got mixed in with someone's change and spent accidentally? Maybe some numismatist's kid wanted to go to the movies and was a dollar short? Still leaves me shaking my head. Still, the thing to take away is that you can still find these "not intended for circulation" dollars from regular sources. I've yet to find a proof, but perhaps that day will come soon.  [ATTACH=full]323322[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]