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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 141746, member: 2972&quot;]Proofs are kept.&nbsp; Business strikes are meant to be spent and are.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Because of the miniscule mintage of that year and the fact that most if not all were used in circulation, finding business strikes is next to impossible.&nbsp; In addition, the relative mintage of that date (less than 1/10 of the next lowest mintage) makes it the key date of the two cent series so people who are collecting that series by date are putting price pressure on the coin -- thus the high price.&nbsp; Whereas the mintage of proofs is relatively constant and there is &quot;nothing special&quot; about a proof with a mintage of 950 coins (making it on the high side of the average proof mintage)of which many still exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember rarity does not effect coin prices nearly so much as demand does....Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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