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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 2919446, member: 5233&quot;]As I understand it, proof coins today are struck on specially prepared planchets which combined with the highly polished dies and increased pressure of the strike creates the proof effect.&nbsp; Were the planchets specially prepared at this time as well?&nbsp; The reason I ask is I would think that a higher quality planchet combined with the softer silver metal would result in an PL specimen for this error...and the photos of the coin (in the article) don&#039;t seem to illustrate that.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be perfectly honest, I have seen people mention proofs have &quot;specially prepared planchets&quot; on CT before but don&#039;t really know what is done to them.&nbsp; I guess I always assumed they were polished before hand so the medium struck would be as uniform as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, just so it&#039;s clear...I&#039;m not talking about the OPs coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about the coin mentioned in the article the OP posted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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