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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2928344, member: 1892"]Nope. That's "die poop" level frippery; Proof dies were repurposed for Business Strikes with great regularity in US coinage and it's difficult to imagine a justification for that status being some sort of "standout" feature when it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a couple hundred thousand examples just like it. </p><p><br /></p><p>That leads to another problem: that of determining between actual Proof strikes and early Business Strikes from Proof dies. It's problematic, because there will be <b>zero</b> differing die features. Mirrors help; aside Morgans there are few "DMPL" Business Strikes in US coinage (although there are <i>some</i>). But for Proofs known to have more matte surfaces, or fields hidden under color, the decision is almost <b>purely</b> subjective and there's no doubt in my mind that Proof-struck coins exist in Business Strike slabs and vice-versa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2928344, member: 1892"]Nope. That's "die poop" level frippery; Proof dies were repurposed for Business Strikes with great regularity in US coinage and it's difficult to imagine a justification for that status being some sort of "standout" feature when it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a couple hundred thousand examples just like it. That leads to another problem: that of determining between actual Proof strikes and early Business Strikes from Proof dies. It's problematic, because there will be [B]zero[/B] differing die features. Mirrors help; aside Morgans there are few "DMPL" Business Strikes in US coinage (although there are [I]some[/I]). But for Proofs known to have more matte surfaces, or fields hidden under color, the decision is almost [B]purely[/B] subjective and there's no doubt in my mind that Proof-struck coins exist in Business Strike slabs and vice-versa.[/QUOTE]
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