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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 25919, member: 487&quot;]You are kidding right? No one can polish the incuse portions of the dies used in striking coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This I agree with.</p><p>Cameo appearance on proof coins have been around since the 1830&#039;s when the mint began using improved techniques for minting coins. The earliest strikes of the die will produce the ultra cameo, and with each strike the appearence weakens. All raised portions of a coin are incused in the die. As metal flows into the die creating a coin, these small lines fill with grease, metal, and polish leaving weaker strikes and therefore less cameo effect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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