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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3018888, member: 66"]Did you look at them in person or just images online? Images can be deceiving.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, the mint did not go out of their way to create a cameo finish on the proofs. The first few coins from a new proof die would have a cameo and it might be just a light cameo contrast and often just on one side unless they changed both dies at the same time. MOST proof coins in the 1936 to 1972 are brilliant proofs with no contrast between the fields and devices. Proof coins were not consistently cameo until 1973 and later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3018888, member: 66"]Did you look at them in person or just images online? Images can be deceiving. No, the mint did not go out of their way to create a cameo finish on the proofs. The first few coins from a new proof die would have a cameo and it might be just a light cameo contrast and often just on one side unless they changed both dies at the same time. MOST proof coins in the 1936 to 1972 are brilliant proofs with no contrast between the fields and devices. Proof coins were not consistently cameo until 1973 and later.[/QUOTE]
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