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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smullen, post: 123596, member: 5165&quot;]Nah, not stupid, we all have stuff to learn...</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins produced in a &quot;&quot;Proof&quot;&quot; strike are minted or made a bit different than the uncirculated &quot;&quot;Business Strike&quot; coins... Also, I think they (proofs) have a special (nicer) planchette..</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof coins are stamped with a special more accurate and highly polished Die, designed to look nicer... Not really made for circulation...</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how true it is, but I&#039;ve also read that they are struck more times and or harder to give a deeper more detailed finish and that every so many coins stamped, that have to pull the die and inspect it, fixing any imperfections or replacing it...</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in the end you have</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Proof Coins designed for collecters</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Uncicrulated Businesss Strike coins that are ment for distribution, even though they haven&#039;t made it out to the public yet...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While proofs generally have a better brighter shine I like the fact that when you get a Mint Set, you get one of each coin from each mint...&nbsp; Where as I think all proofs sets have the Mint (S) on them...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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