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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 260513, member: 8247&quot;]I didn&#039;t mean to imply you were wrong, I was merely pointing out that I&#039;ve found so many proofs in circulation. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve come to the conclusion that all of the following are happening,</p><p><br /></p><p>1. someone receives coins as a gift, doesn&#039;t care for them, doesn&#039;t think they are worth enough to bother finding a coin shop to sell them, breaks them open, and spends them at face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. someone steals a coin collection and either is afraid of getting caught selling them, or doesn&#039;t care about the real value and just cashes them in (drug addicts and kids come to mind here)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. coin collector dies, and family members assume it&#039;s worthless (remember the stereotype of parents telling kids their baseball card collection is a waste of time/money).&nbsp; they don&#039;t bother appraising it and just cash it in.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve found plenty of things in circulation that anybody with an inkling of awareness about coins would never dream of putting in their pocket, let alone spend at face value.&nbsp; I&#039;ve found a 1912D Barber in XF, 1960 Proof Franklin, 1964 Proof Kennedy, 1965 and 1967 SMS Kennedy, Bicentenial silver proofs and uncirculated, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>while it&#039;s a shame that someone is spending them, my son and I love finding them when we go through rolls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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