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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blissskr, post: 2702186, member: 34882&quot;]I mean that could be the case but because coin dies get changed during production it&#039;s entirely possible for proof like coins to appear at any point in the mintage when a new obverse die and a new reverse die end up getting paired together at the same time. It&#039;s also entirely possible that one die&#039;s life is much longer and thus you can have a coin with one side being proof like and the other completely normal. </p><p><br /></p><p>A really good example of this happening can be found by looking at the 1965-67 SMS coinage. Since dies got swapped as needed and not exactly in pairings to produce the highest quality coins there is lots of examples of coins with only one side showing some cameo or resembling a proof coin at all while the other side is completely normal uncirculated looking. Also although I&#039;m not sure what die maintenance the mint was using in 1892-93, but in general even a used die if it was repolished it could then produce proof like strikes again for the first few coins struck when placed back in service. </p><p><br /></p><p>So in all proof like coins can pretty much show up at any point in a mintage. Also in the past where die strength wasn&#039;t as good and maintenance wasn&#039;t as sophisticated very few coins even off new dies would exhibit these characteristics as the surfaces responsible for causing the effect present on the dies would wear away very fast.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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