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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chascat, post: 4092268, member: 76792&quot;]I fully agree with your last statements, having also collected proofs most of my adult life.&nbsp; I also contend that having tried to find any superb proof coins from the 1936 to 1942 era is a nearly impossible task.&nbsp; I sincerely believe that the craft was lost post 1918, and in 1936 and in 1950 as mint employees attempted to re-establish proof making techniques, they had to start from scratch as none of the employees had any real experience first hand.&nbsp; This would explain the rarity of nicer proofs being made at the beginning of 1950, copying the old proof making methods of pre 1918 and on back into the 1800s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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