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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1907684, member: 4626&quot;]The &quot;cameo&quot; designation to make a long story short describes how strongly contrasted the devices are from the field.&nbsp; Even some coins that are technically not proofs can receive such a designation (I have Chinese silver pandas that are DCAM despite not being proofs), but most cameos are also proofs.&nbsp; Almost all modern proofs (minted from about 1968 to the present, if you&#039;re talking US proofs) are at least cameo; deep/ultra cameo are very common nowadays (since about the 1980&#039;s, especially on modern commemoratives).&nbsp; (BTW there&#039;s really no distinction between &quot;deep cameo&quot; and &quot;ultra cameo&quot; other than the preference of the TPGs.&nbsp; PCGS and ANACS use the term &quot;deep cameo&quot; while NGC uses the term &quot;ultra cameo.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof just refers to a method of manufacture where the dies are specially prepared, polished, the planchets are also usually polished, and the coin is struck at least twice with higher than standard pressure than what normal circulation coins receive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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