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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WmsJewelers, post: 363612, member: 12564&quot;]Generally proof coins have wide flat rims and edges due to the strike.&nbsp; Proofs are struck with twice the pressure but half the speed which is what gives the coin a mirrored back ground.&nbsp; Also with business strikes there are many dies that are used but with proofs must the time there are only a small number and with some dates just one set of dies to make them.&nbsp; This has allowed us to have diagnostics for many of the rare proofs.&nbsp; Look at the 1872 2 Cent and the 1885 V Nickel.&nbsp; Vary rare in Unc but half the price or less in Pr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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