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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harrync, post: 3406500, member: 58588&quot;]It seems that&nbsp; now &quot;proof&quot; can mean either a test strike [what I would call a &quot;real proof&quot;], or a specimen strike from polished dies. Is there any way to tell the difference with coins? When it comes to intaglio printed items [banknotes, bonds, etc.] there is a way. I have attached a scan of the approval proof of an engraving done for the United Aircraft and Transport Corp. [as noted on the back of the card]. There is no doubt that it is a &quot;proof&quot; in the original meaning of the term. I have not been able to find a stock certificate with this vignette [maybe it was never made?], but an intaglio mirror-image reprint was done in 1995 on the USPS issued Commemorative Panel for the Bessie Coleman stamp.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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