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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 3408043, member: 17073&quot;]Nice to see some good responses and a little joking along with it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is from U.S. Mint Director:</p><p><br /></p><p>December 5, 1892</p><p><br /></p><p>A.F. Seeberger, Esq.,</p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer World’s Columbian Exposition</p><p><br /></p><p>Chicago, Illinois</p><p><br /></p><p>Sir:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant, you are informed that a proof coin is one in which the planchet is highly polished before being placed under the dies, and that it would be impossible for the Mint to undertake to make proof coins of all the Columbian souvenir half-dollars. Therefore, they will simply be like the ordinary silver coins when first turned out from the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully yours,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>R.E. Preston</p><p><br /></p><p>Acting Director</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>NARA-CP, RG 104, entry 235, vol. 65, p. 283.</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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