Hey CT family, I was wandering how you can tell the difference from a business strike and a proof? Really having a hard time trying to find the difference between the two. I do not believe that a proof coin would have die cracks (like the one I’m posting) but i could be wrong. What’s making me scratch my head is this Coin has a cameo look which, after numerous shots with my phone, I cannot seem to get the picture to match the in hand look. Is it common to have cameo features on business struck coins? Do proof coins have die cracks or did quality control prevent this from happening so long ago? Is there some kind of die markers or something to tell the difference between the two? By The way I never said this was a proof coin!!! Just a ?
According to Briggs on a proof coin the lowest horizontal line on the Eagle's shield would extend slightly into the eagle's wing. Your coin does not have this feature. there may be other markers but i have not had enough tea, Nice coin. James
That coin looks to exhibit an old cleaning, but it is still at least AU details. It may or may not be a proof, but either way it is..... cool! Took me a second to think of the right word.
Proofs of U.S. coins dated before 1858 are as scarce as hen’s teeth, except for 1836 to 9 dated Gobrecht Dollars. You will pay 5 figure prices for those.
It is funny of you to say that.... now I'm gonna have to check some of my hens for teeth! Maybe Clarabelle is the answer to my pre-1858 proof coin that I may one day get.
I wish I could. I tried with my dad to put some saddles on the chickens, but they went stir crazy. One of them (I think it was Clarabelle) actually managed to get the saddle off. Generally they don't peck each other much, except for the little skirmish. I bet ya they'd be the best with each other if they knew that somehow growing teeth could buy me a Gobrecht dollar.
From what I have read, the 1856 Flying Eagle Cents were struck as Mint State (business strike) pieces. The pieces struck in 1857 and later were mostly Proofs. Instead of a mintage of 1,000, it’s now believed to be about 2,300.
One must also recall that proof dies were often used for business strikes after the last proof coinage was completed. However, the striking data is not always recorded, especially for those with essentially trivial mintages (estimated 10-15 according to Ron Guth in CoinFacts).
