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<p>[QUOTE="claycad, post: 1169821, member: 17987"]I noticed that some coins in the proof sets are better than the others. The proof set I used for the photos above was such a case. Check out how nice the cameo is on Fillmore and Buchanan vs. the cameo (or lack there of) on Pierce and Lincoln. These are from the same proof set! So yeah, the difference in the quality of cameo from the same set is yet another reason to crack them open. The photos are scanned and are so blurry because the were in the plastic so they weren't flat in the scanner leaving a blur. Any dust specks are from the scanner bed or the outside of the case. The point is you do get much different quality coins in the same set. Even with the blur I think the difference in cameo is pretty obvious. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]121649.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, make sure if you buy latex gloves they say powder free on the box, excellent point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="claycad, post: 1169821, member: 17987"]I noticed that some coins in the proof sets are better than the others. The proof set I used for the photos above was such a case. Check out how nice the cameo is on Fillmore and Buchanan vs. the cameo (or lack there of) on Pierce and Lincoln. These are from the same proof set! So yeah, the difference in the quality of cameo from the same set is yet another reason to crack them open. The photos are scanned and are so blurry because the were in the plastic so they weren't flat in the scanner leaving a blur. Any dust specks are from the scanner bed or the outside of the case. The point is you do get much different quality coins in the same set. Even with the blur I think the difference in cameo is pretty obvious. [ATTACH]121649.vB[/ATTACH] And yes, make sure if you buy latex gloves they say powder free on the box, excellent point.[/QUOTE]
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