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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Feld, post: 674637, member: 11467&quot;]Doug, of the four scenarios you mentioned above, the first and last say the same thing - that no business strikes were ever produced and all we have is Proofs. So that leaves us with three possibilities, rather than four.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the second one (no Proofs were made, but that we have 12,880 business strikes out there which are very Proof Like) doesn&#039;t begin to fly, based on the appearance of the coins. They are every bit as Proof as any other date in the series and they don&#039;t look like deeply mirrored PL pieces, which would have a different surface texture, less impressive strikes and exhibit abrasions/bag-marks/contact marks, as opposed to hairlines that Proofs typically acquire. And, I have seen original 1895 Proof sets that have been intact since the time of issue. I will also add that Proofs tend to tone very differently from business strikes, and I have seen numerous toned Proofs that looked nothing like toned business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the above aside and whatever the possibilities, there are no known business strikes, only Proofs. And personally, I don&#039;t believe they should be included in a business strike set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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