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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3610847, member: 19165&quot;]In the olden days, many collectors collected by date. &quot;Mintmarks&quot; weren&#039;t widely understood or valued. An 1875 was an 1875... hey, that one&#039;s really flashy and looks nice! Pop it in the album! Yeah, it&#039;s a proof. What&#039;s a proof? Who cares. It&#039;s an 1875 and it fits the hole in my set! (this was largely the mindset in the late 1800&#039;s) (.... this is probably a bit of an exaggeration, but the collecting mindset of the day was completely different than today)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to hear you say this makes me extremely curious about the whole set. There may be quite a few cool coins in there (maybe collected near the time of issue?) Did it sit for 12 years in an album, or 120?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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