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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 940037, member: 112&quot;]All of the grading books describe how to grade Proofs. But it seems that your sole question is how to tell if a coin is a Brilliant Proof, a Cameo Proof, or a Deep Cameo Proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameo is defined by the frost that the devices of the coin has. If there is no frost then it is not Cameo. And the frost has to be there on the majority of the devices, only 1 or 2 spots where the frost is thin is permitted. To be worthy of the Deep Cameo designation all of the devices and legends must have a thick and uniform coating of frost. No gaps or thin spots in the frost are permitted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now learning how to judge the level of the frost is an experience thing. Many times what a collector thinks is worthy of Cameo or Deep Cameo is not really. But that is because the collector does not have the level of experience necesary to judge it correctly. And about the only way to get that experience is to look at literally thousands of coins. It is not something you can learn from a book.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To the contrary, I have seen many, many coins with no flaws and they were fully worthy of the 70 grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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