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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 174551, member: 5233"]My luckiest find isn't all that spectacular, but I like it. When I was first starting to collect coins, back when I was 11 or 12, one of the first things I really liked were proof sets. So, the coin dealer I visted had a few cheaper ones in stock one day and I bought them, one was a 1985 (my birth year), a 1976 clad, and a 1979. I probably paid about $20 for all 3 total. Those were the first proof sets I had in my collection and I never thought much about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several months ago, I began collecting once again after a couple years of not, and I went through my collection. I found my old proof sets (I have like a dozen or so now) and came across those old three. As a began to examine them, I checked the Anthony Dollar in the 1979 set for a clear S variety knowing the chances were slim...but I had never checked it before. Sure enough, it had a clear S.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 174551, member: 5233"]My luckiest find isn't all that spectacular, but I like it. When I was first starting to collect coins, back when I was 11 or 12, one of the first things I really liked were proof sets. So, the coin dealer I visted had a few cheaper ones in stock one day and I bought them, one was a 1985 (my birth year), a 1976 clad, and a 1979. I probably paid about $20 for all 3 total. Those were the first proof sets I had in my collection and I never thought much about them. Several months ago, I began collecting once again after a couple years of not, and I went through my collection. I found my old proof sets (I have like a dozen or so now) and came across those old three. As a began to examine them, I checked the Anthony Dollar in the 1979 set for a clear S variety knowing the chances were slim...but I had never checked it before. Sure enough, it had a clear S.[/QUOTE]
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