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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;walterallen, post: 346622, member: 4068&quot;]<b>Say What?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am surprised to see some many posts calling proofs, reverse or not, a gimmick.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector I don&#039;t consider a proof a gimmick to get me to buy a product, but an example of perfection in an numismatic article that I would want to preserve for my pleasure/satisfaction or what ever. Yes they cost more then face value, specially today. Yet these coins are manufactured with a lot more time and care then any business strike could ever hope to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the reverse proof I feel that the &quot;creation&quot; of the reverse proof was a dynamic idea in the evolution of numismatic collecting. I for one find the birth of the reverse proof both beautiful and necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>But at the end of the day my opinion is no more right or wrong then anyone else&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>So Keep on Collecting!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Allen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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