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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2524821, member: 71723&quot;]Don&#039;t underestimate the influence of two things the Mint does now that they did NOT a century ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The hubs are now created digitally with software, and not by a reducing lathe from a galvano.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) They literally sandblast the hubs and/or dies to give them an &quot;enhanced&quot; matte finish. On the mirror proofs, they do this while masking the fields, but on these coins, the whole surface gets it. On the large close-ups above, the effect is obvious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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