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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;piscesptah, post: 759145, member: 18317&quot;]<b>Proof set coins in circulation?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I was thinking about this very subject just the other day as I was going through my pile of pocket change that I throw into a wooden ammunition box to lessen the sheer weight of my purse with all those coins that I accumulate in change.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are thieves out there who break into -- not only people&#039;s houses but -- storage centers as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Scenario: Crack addict breaks into hi-class home in influential neighborhood or storage locker and steals everything s/he thinks s/he can off for quick bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meantime, the Law has been monitoring h/is/er residence because of suspicious activities there so things are &quot;getting hot&quot;. Paranoid that stolen items will be discovered if there&#039;s a raid, thief feels s/he doesn&#039;t have enough time to &quot;fence&quot; stolen coins for bigger bucks and says to h/is/er self: &quot;I know these are worth more than their denominations but at least I can get that out of them,&quot; so s/he spends them at the Mom &amp; Pop around the corner on cigarettes/beer/etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Logic tells me that probably happens more than anyone knows...</p><p><br /></p><p>jean in NorCal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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