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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2723296, member: 24314"][USER=69760]@iPen[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, not Proof. As you posted: "...this one looks just like a Proof-64 example I saw, but in better shape though with less colorful toning and the <b>same</b> amount of <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><b>brilliant cartwheel luster.</b><span style="color: #000000">"</span><b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lots of these coins come PL. Unfortunately, from what I've observed, the top TPGS have slabbed PL's as Proofs possibly because the PR dies were used to strike the PL coins. I've seen the same die polish on both Proofs and PL's. Now that the damage is done, the only way this can be resolved is to gather all the coins slabbed as Proof, crack them out so the collar is visible and compare their die markers, edge, and mirrors. Don't hold your breath. Too much money at stake. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2723296, member: 24314"][USER=69760]@iPen[/USER] IMO, not Proof. As you posted: "...this one looks just like a Proof-64 example I saw, but in better shape though with less colorful toning and the [B]same[/B] amount of [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][B]brilliant cartwheel luster.[/B][COLOR=#000000]"[/COLOR][B] :([/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Lots of these coins come PL. Unfortunately, from what I've observed, the top TPGS have slabbed PL's as Proofs possibly because the PR dies were used to strike the PL coins. I've seen the same die polish on both Proofs and PL's. Now that the damage is done, the only way this can be resolved is to gather all the coins slabbed as Proof, crack them out so the collar is visible and compare their die markers, edge, and mirrors. Don't hold your breath. Too much money at stake. :D[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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