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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3021450, member: 42034"]Well I think I've somewhat answered my question. I usually collect foreign so I'm not too familiar with US coins. Even in US, I've always collected business strikes. So the question now is: Since the PFCA attribute was an accident, are there degrees between regular frosted finish and the cameo finish? I'd assume the CA finish was for newly prepared dies, thus as they're used the Cameo Effect should gradually lessen with every strike?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a PFCA-66 1942 half pix (from Heritage).</p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_cointalk/USA_50c_1942_PFCA66_both_600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also these things seem quite scarce [unfortunately] from the pop reports. The lower prices may also mean that people think there are a lot more of them out there, unslabbed, in people's old 1942 proof sets sitting in closets?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3021450, member: 42034"]Well I think I've somewhat answered my question. I usually collect foreign so I'm not too familiar with US coins. Even in US, I've always collected business strikes. So the question now is: Since the PFCA attribute was an accident, are there degrees between regular frosted finish and the cameo finish? I'd assume the CA finish was for newly prepared dies, thus as they're used the Cameo Effect should gradually lessen with every strike? Here's a PFCA-66 1942 half pix (from Heritage). [IMG]http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_cointalk/USA_50c_1942_PFCA66_both_600.png[/IMG] Also these things seem quite scarce [unfortunately] from the pop reports. The lower prices may also mean that people think there are a lot more of them out there, unslabbed, in people's old 1942 proof sets sitting in closets?[/QUOTE]
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