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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1726657, member: 44079&quot;]LoL.&nbsp; I would simply presume it must have been a proof coin because of the condition.&nbsp; I have about 80 IH pennies.&nbsp; I am fairly sure all of them were business class because none of them are over G4 (and some are even lower but with a magnifier the date is still there)..</p><p>In short if you get one in MS, I would presume either someone put it in a sock the day they got it from the bank (as my father began doing in 1913, and gosh I wish I still had that sock) or it was purchased by a collector and passed down as a protected collectible from generation to generation, and it was probably a proof coin when it was acquired.&nbsp; I guess the holy grail would be to find one in the original mint packaging of the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s or 1900s.&nbsp; Perhaps with the purchase invoice describing the coin..&nbsp;&nbsp; Hey good luck with that...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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