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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 5253902, member: 37839&quot;]OK, here is an NGC proof, from their website:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219122[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219123[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the OP’s coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1219125[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the devises, I see frost on the devices of the NGC coin.&nbsp; I do not see frost on the OPs coin.&nbsp; I see contrast between the NGC coins devices and fields. I do not see the same contrast on the OPs coin.&nbsp; Looking at the date on both coins, I see differences.&nbsp; The depth of the NGC coin’s date is significantly deeper.&nbsp; Also, the denticles of the NGC coin are more sharply struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the fields, on the NGC coin, I see far more striating, indicative of a proof strike.&nbsp; There are fewer striations on the OP coin, looking more like hairlines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on those observations, I would say the OP coin is a business strike, that got some die polish on it, leaving striations.&nbsp; It is not a proof, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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