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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2651822, member: 112&quot;]The mint has made a point of making sure that their Proof coins are cameo since 1973. It was only prior to that date that they didn&#039;t care. Before &#039;73 only the early strikes of the Proof issues were cameo and they were few in number. That is because the cameo effect on the dies wears off with use. And it is the scarcity of the pre-&#039;73 Proof issues with the cameo effect that makes them so desirable to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point here, it&#039;s been over 40 years since the issue of cameo/non-cameo even existed, and it&#039;s not likely to return. That is because the mint recognized that long ago that the Proof issues are supposed to be the finest examples that can be produced. And they do everything they can to ensure that they are. And by definition that creates what you refer to as the cookie-cutter effect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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