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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 6484089, member: 112"]A coin is either a Proof or it isn't, and the presence of die polish lines, nor the lack of them, has anything to do with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In regard to the question asked in the thread title, as a general rule, Proof coins do not have die polish lines. This particular coin, seeing as how there were only 600 Proofs I think it unlikely that any of them would have die polish lines as it would be pretty unusual for a die to be polished after only that many strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said I do not know the particulars of this issue, meaning I do not know if only 1 set of dies was used or more than 1 set was used. But with only 600 total, you can bet it wasn't very many if more than 1 set was used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, looking at the coin, it does not appear to be a Proof to me as the edges are too rounded in places and the strike is not as strong as I would expect on a Proof. So in this case I suspect that PCGS was correct in labeling the coin a business strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - I don't know if there is or not but there may be a book that list information regarding Proofs of this design, dies used, die diagnostics, etc. If there is, that would, or at least should, settle the issue of if this is a Proof or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 6484089, member: 112"]A coin is either a Proof or it isn't, and the presence of die polish lines, nor the lack of them, has anything to do with it. In regard to the question asked in the thread title, as a general rule, Proof coins do not have die polish lines. This particular coin, seeing as how there were only 600 Proofs I think it unlikely that any of them would have die polish lines as it would be pretty unusual for a die to be polished after only that many strikes. That said I do not know the particulars of this issue, meaning I do not know if only 1 set of dies was used or more than 1 set was used. But with only 600 total, you can bet it wasn't very many if more than 1 set was used. Also, looking at the coin, it does not appear to be a Proof to me as the edges are too rounded in places and the strike is not as strong as I would expect on a Proof. So in this case I suspect that PCGS was correct in labeling the coin a business strike. edit - I don't know if there is or not but there may be a book that list information regarding Proofs of this design, dies used, die diagnostics, etc. If there is, that would, or at least should, settle the issue of if this is a Proof or not.[/QUOTE]
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