Question about one of todays finds

[CZ7922]

Question about one of today's finds

Hit a couple of park playgrounds today and found $1.79 in clad, a copper ring, and a pot pipe made to look like a cigarette. My question is about a penny I found. It is a bit thicker than most pennies and it is a 2001-S. According to the Red Book 2001-S pennies were only minted as proofs. Do you suppose someone broke open a proof set to spend? Any other possible explanations? Thanks for looking.

 

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[stoney56]

Re: Question about one of today's finds

That's exactly what happened because the others in the set were silver. Correction there was a silver set as well as a standard proof set. Maybe yours came from the silver set.

 

[resq937]

Re: Question about one of today's finds

hope ya pitched the pot pipe-- and wash up good in the event it was actually a crack pipe

 

[alwayslookin]

Re: Question about one of today's finds

wow man...lost the pipe...now what