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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BR549, post: 875870, member: 7110&quot;]This is true about the satin vs. brilliant. The Philadelphia Mint quit making proof coinage in 1916 and by 1936, the Mint actually lost the ability to produce quality proof coin dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The manufacture of poof coin dies from this early era required the dies to be polished then pickled, which produced the satin finishes. By 1936 those die makers had long since retired or passed on and through experimentation, the process was refined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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