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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ddddd, post: 7505114, member: 22377&quot;]Many of you had this one right with MS 63 PL.</p><p>See no more tricks [USER=87737]@Beefer518[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve wanted a proof-like Columbian and finally picked this one up recently. I had one several years back in an older NGC holder but the mirrors were weaker on it (so I sold it). Beefer caught most of the reasons for the grade, which I believe is fair. The mirrors also make some of the marks more noticeable (the largest, to the left of the hair, is pretty shallow and is more noticeable at some angles than others).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=94733]@Mountain Man[/USER] regarding proofs, Stacks had this when they sold one:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Proof World&#039;s Columbian Exposition commemorative half dollar is rare as a type, the original mintage for both the 1892 and 1893 combined amounting to only about 105-110 coins. The vast majority of Proofs struck are of the first year 1892; the only <i>officially </i>minted Proof of the second year 1893 is the first coin, which was struck January 3 that year and presented to president of the Exposition Harlow N. Higinbotham.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>more here:</p><p><a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2B7CL/1893-columbian-exposition-proof-63-ngc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2B7CL/1893-columbian-exposition-proof-63-ngc" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2B7CL/1893-columbian-exposition-proof-63-ngc</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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