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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nick Zynko, post: 4505405, member: 110450&quot;]I believe you hit the nail on the head. I was always taught to look at the formation and detail of the devices, rims and even minute formation and spaces between denticles. These details were the telltale Proof of the Proofs (Terrible Pun intended). The early proof sets were struck in very small quantities with very detailed and highly polished dies. Struck at a higher pressure multiple times. Coins were critically hand inspected and discarded for remelting if imperfections were noted. This caused near perfect formation of rims and edges of letters and numbers. All elements were squared and very uniform throughout the mirrored or matte fields. In summary a lot more imperfections on Proof like coins when critically reviewed against the real proofs.&nbsp; We can agree that all Proof-Like business strikes are the very few early strikes of well made production dies in use on a properly calibrated press. They still had to survive the bag marks in handling and transportation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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