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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RWB, post: 632041, member: 19205&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The 1916 patterns were made as engineering samples not as premium pieces for collectors. Some of the pieces that grading services call “proof” are clearly identified in Mint documents as having been made on normal presses as production samples. Little care was give the patterns at the time since they were nothing more than curiosities and not real coins.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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