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Found a 1961 Proof dime.

So I finally got around to an update again. It's been just over 4 months, and here are some stats from that time frame:
40 proof coins reported. Most was 14 by kestrelia, who has also found the oldest proof, a 1957 silver dime. Speaking of silver, there have been 5 silver proofs reported. Kestrelia found 1957 and 1961 dimes, plus a 1998 silver dime. Cardsncoins found a 1992 silver dime. Dumpsterdiver found a 2004 Iowa silver quarter. Others who found more than one proof in the last 4 months: Appjoe found 7; Chris6081, Country, Cwgii each found 2. Thirteen guys found one proof each.

Found two old proof nickels 1957 and 1958 (almost beat my oldest proof). They were in two separate rolls, but probably from the same customer.

Kestrelia
Your finds made me wonder... just how many has he found, and how does that rate with the others? So here's the breakdown by member:

THE TOP TEN PROOF HOUNDS:
1. kestrelia, proof king, 52 proofs reported!
2. cwgii, 21
3. zigmeister, 10
4. preservingthepast, 9
5. appjoe, 7
5. chris6084, 7
7. bman, 5
8. country, 3
8. doug, 3
8. roadrunner, 3

HONORABLE MENTION:
11. dakota1955, with 2
11. dumpsterdiver, 2
11. jonascollegefund, 2
11. shattered, 2
11. sparechange, 2

"PARTICIPANT" AWARDS go to all these fine folks who each found ONE proof:
aaa30040, abc, adamsp27, agcoinhunter, cardsncoins, coinhuntingobsession, coinking2005, computer, frugalcanuck, gamecock, garnede, henrysmedford, hpmbtt, jefferson, jones, jtm3, no82s, rakattack, rodebaugh, soundman, totalcount, twoandahalfcents, uthminsta (YAY!) vrbsroma, whinstone, zerocd, zyll

That's a TOTAL of 157 proofs reported... and basically ONE THIRD of them were found by KESTRELIA! What are your theories on why you're finding so many? Anyone else want to offer up any thoughts on how this is possible?

1977s penny and 1973s nickel.

Found another ... 2000S VA (clad) quarter

Uthminsta - thanks for the compliment, i think it is ...

volume - after luck and locale, the key to CRH is volume (and there's not too many quarter or dollar searchers)

skill - i've gotten better at picking out slightly thicker proof quarter rims over the years (the first two years of searching, roughly the same volume, only netted me one proof quarter); i still find proof dime rims tough to spot

bother - perhaps not everyone is as into finding proofs as I am (or others), at this point the number of older US coins I'm finding has decreased dramatically so I need new proof finds to keep me happy

cheers,

Brian

1999 Quarter (New Jersey). Found it in my change yesterday. It's only the clad one though.

2003S Arkansas quarter, clad.

Found a 1978-S proof nickel roll searching.

Found a 2002S dime (clad).

2004-s Silver Quarter--Michigan Great find for me!!

Way to go sparechange! Proofs are cool, but SILVER is awesome! So far there have only been 4 silver proofs reported, including Kestrelia's 2 dimes, and the 2 silver state quarters - yours and DumpsterDiver's Iowa!

$50 bank bag got me a very beat up 1979S Cent. It has been retired to the copper pile.

1994S Lincoln - has been out there a while

kestrelia wrote:Found another ... 2000S VA (clad) quarter

Uthminsta - thanks for the compliment, i think it is ...

volume - after luck and locale, the key to CRH is volume (and there's not too many quarter or dollar searchers)

skill - i've gotten better at picking out slightly thicker proof quarter rims over the years (the first two years of searching, roughly the same volume, only netted me one proof quarter); i still find proof dime rims tough to spot

bother - perhaps not everyone is as into finding proofs as I am (or others), at this point the number of older US coins I'm finding has decreased dramatically so I need new proof finds to keep me happy

cheers,

Brian

You must just sort more! I have been to your site many times fun to see what you find!

2007-S Proof clad dime found in a Brink's box of dimes.

Found a 1970S proof dime.

Found two - 1993S proof nickel and 1999S proof penny.

Found a 1999S proof nickel.

Found a 2000-S proof penny in a box I was sorting today. This is the first zinc penny that I have chosen NOT to dump.

$100 Brinks box

1974S nickel

1971S Lincoln from a Brinks box. Not a cameo,but beautifully toned mirror fields.

Found a 1979S quarter.

Franklin got three today.
1962
1970-S
1973-S

Found a 1980S penny.