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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 66310, member: 68&quot;]Look at the rims.&nbsp; They should be squared off on a proof but rarely on an unc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof coins are struck multiple times (usually twice) So detail will almost always </p><p>be complete and normal planchet defects will be absent. The fields of a proof </p><p>are usually very flat.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These attribute are often present on the SMS coins also.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s rarely much disagreement about what is unc and what is proof, but there </p><p>are some very high quality uncs which are sometimes struck with dies that have </p><p>undergone some of the steps to make them proof dies.&nbsp; There are also branch mint </p><p>proofs and extremely PL uncs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At least some of the cent and quarter dies were used used in San Francisco to </p><p>strike circulation issues.&nbsp; It&#039;s possible other SMS dies were used elsewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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