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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 535952, member: 68&quot;]A PL looks to be a proof at a glance.&nbsp; They have some of the properties of true proofs but not all.&nbsp; There are several differences between proofs and uncs but PL&#039;s can share just about any mixture of them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most PL&quot;s were struck from new dies and the dies were partially prepared as proof dies.&nbsp; This usually means that they were basined.&nbsp; This is a process that grinds the fields of the die flat or with a bulge (part of a sphere).&nbsp; Many PL&#039;s are struck on polished planchets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just having a good strike from new dies is rarely enough to make a coin look like a proof but it can be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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