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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 290922, member: 8247&quot;]The cent planchet was found in a box of circulated cents, so there really is no odds to go with it.&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s probably the same as finding a proof.&nbsp; Someone spent a coin that was obviously collectible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The half dollar planchet was also found in a box of circulated, but I had been getting an excessive amount of BU 97P, 98D, and 2000D that I suspect it came from one of those three.</p><p><br /></p><p>With brand new coins, it all depends on how many blank planchets get released.&nbsp; With the Dimes, the mint ships them out in bags of $50,000 (that&#039;s 2,000 boxes).&nbsp; If there is one blank planchet in that bag, then you would need to search the entire run of 2,000 boxes to be sure of getting it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume that the most common source of blank planchets is equipment malfunction where a planchet gets ejected without having been stamped.&nbsp; I have no idea what the frequency of that mistake happening is, but maybe someone else can comment on that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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