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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 754790, member: 68&quot;]Most of these always used to get dumped into circulation by the big wholesalers who busted up thousands of proof sets at a time.&nbsp; Some of these guys have even made tools and machines to destroy the sets.&nbsp; One has bragged that he fills up a couple dumsters every week with the packaging and debris from the sets.&nbsp; A small percentage of the coins are defective or defaced and they simply put these coins into circulation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I&#039;ve found many proofs in circulation.&nbsp; Most are very lightly worn but a few have been, apparently, like they were issued by the mint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My most unusual find was a 1968-S quarter I found back about 1998 that was worn down to VG.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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