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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 3988806, member: 69760&quot;]Or read of it somewhere? Or is there at least a pic of it? </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I do understand that proof strikes require a certain set of steps and procedures when struck, and it&#039;s generally recognized that the 1892 and 1893 Columbian half dollars were not actually struck as proofs. They&#039;d at most be proof-like. Even from documented reports by eyewitness journalists, the very *first &quot;proof&quot; Columbian was struck very much not like a proof. </p><p><br /></p><p>*The first one struck had a flaw and was destroyed, the second one struck was the one bought by the Remington typewriter company. From the Coin World link in the OP:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">They gathered around an improved automatic, toggle-jointed coining press, a noiseless, powerful, highly polished and wonderfully accurate machine. No power was applied to the machine for the first test. Instead, Foreman Albert Downing placed one of the planchets in the receiver and grasped the lever which raises the lower die while Edwin Cliff, his assistant, stood at the balance wheel. Then came the critical moment. Unfortunately the first attempt was a failure. To an ordinary observer it might have appeared perfect, but the coiner and designer examined it under a glass. One glance was enough. A fatal flaw was revealed, and the verdict which consigned the prospective ten-thousand dollar beauty to the scrap box was pronounced. A hammer was at hand, and what might have been the most famous coin in history was battered into comparatively worthless metal. The next attempt was made more carefully for the reputation of the coiners was at stake, and they had resolved that the first souvenir of the exposition should be a marvel of perfection and beauty. The planchet before being accepted was examined under the microscope and found without blemish. For the second time the two workmen turned the press by hand, while the spectators waited in suspense.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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