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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 1467283, member: 307&quot;]Let me try to explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin is clearly a MS coin and here&#039;s how you can tell. Look at Jefferson&#039;s cheek. There you will see what look like tiny contact marks. Those are not contact marks but planchet roughness which means that the strike is not 100% complete.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These type of marks are rarely (if ever) found on proof coins. Proofs are struck multiple times to bring up all of the relief whereas coins minted for circulation are struck only once (I could be wrong and it&#039;s twice).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickel is a very hard metal and it is the 5 cent coin that generally shows the most pre-strike planchet marks of any coin that we produce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof Jeffersons are easy to distinguish if you know to look for the planchet roughness in his cheek. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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