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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 6543814, member: 103207&quot;]As another person commented Heritage has some pictures of 1873 proofs with die polish.&nbsp; This is true and I had already looked at them.&nbsp; However, I did some more digging and found that the proofs were struck with the V-2 dies.&nbsp; There were two die sets known to be used that year.&nbsp; V-1 and V-2.&nbsp; However, the V-2 not only struck proofs they were also used to strike circulation grade coins.&nbsp; The die set V-2 is known to have heavy die polish lines seen.&nbsp; Now the tricky part is determining whether or not your coin is a true proof or mint state coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m going with mint state based on the condition of the rims and the overall sharpness of the lettering on the obverse and reverse.&nbsp; This is only an opinion and my opinion could be wrong.&nbsp; I would only buy it as mint state and not proof.&nbsp; However, there isn&#039;t much of a difference in price.&nbsp; If you bought it as the coin in the PCGS holder you did well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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