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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3448784, member: 101855&quot;]The 1909 Proof Liberty Nickel is the most common Proof in the Liberty Nickel series. Why? The reason is that the Lincoln Cent was introduced that year. The minor Proof coins were usually issued as sets. Therefore to get the cents, you had to buy a nickel at the same time. Therefore if you wanted all three of the cents that year, Indian, Lincoln VDB and Lincoln Plain, you had to buy another nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Proof mintages are interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>1909 Indian 2,175</p><p>1909 Plain&nbsp; &nbsp; 2,618</p><p><br /></p><p>Total&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4,793</p><p><br /></p><p>1909 Proof Nickel&nbsp; 4,763</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the newer Red Books, the Proof mintage for the 1909 VDB was 1,194. Looking back at the old Red Books (I pulled a 1965 at random) it was 420. Confused? So am I. Maybe someone can explain the new numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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