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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3514138, member: 112&quot;]1973 was the year when the mint first started trying to ensure that all Proofs were cameo. Prior to &#039;73, only the coins struck when the dies were fairly fresh had cameo, that&#039;s what makes Proofs with cameo dated before &#039;73 so scarce. Because once the cameo effect wore off the dies, they would simply keep right on striking the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was in &#039;73 that they stopped this practice. Once the cameo wore off the dies, they replaced the dies with fresh dies, so all the Proofs would be cameo. But, since &#039;73 was the 1st year they did this, a few examples of non-cameo managed to slip by the inspectors and get packaged up and shipped out. By &#039;74. non-cameo Proofs were downright scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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