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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chascat, post: 4085738, member: 76792&quot;]Wrong!!...The Mint actually did produce consistently nicer proofs and by 1952 all were of very nice quality for the times.&nbsp; Proofs were all made the same through the 1800s and early 1900s using an acid dip followed by polishing the dies until about 1970, when they were experimenting with sandblasting and chrome plating the dies which produced far more cameo strikes then using the old method.&nbsp; The Mint packaging used from 1950 onward thru 1954 and part of 1955 was of very poor quality, and not much better thru 1964.&nbsp; The method of delivery was also very poor which led to a very low survival rate for this era.&nbsp; Even though the coins may have been of good quality, after a couple of years, most were either toned, had rust problems from the staples used in the packaging which created hairline scratches, mis-handling by the collector, had milk spotting problems from not properly cleaning of the planchets, and had even more hairlines added by the newer plastic wrapping used until 1964.&nbsp; Even with all the problems with proof production, packaging, and poor handling, a large number of finest quality proofs were somehow saved for collecting today, even in the case of the 1950, with several fine quality cameos, ultra cameos, and many brilliant proofs to choose from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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