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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2316817, member: 29751&quot;]You may find <a href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=5684223" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=5684223" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> I wrote interesting (it&#039;s almost 4 years old, but still relevant).</p><p><br /></p><p>In brief, from 2006-2011 the US Mint in particular started employing laser etching of dies to get the &quot;frosty&quot; look.&nbsp; IMO, they ruined USA proof coinage.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See the picture compilations I show below...judge for yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Cent_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Nickel_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Dime_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Quarter_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Half_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And, here is what the &quot;20&quot; of the &quot;2011&quot; Proof Lincoln Cent looks like up close.&nbsp; Those little &quot;bubbles&quot; are the way that laser engraving achieves the frost look.</p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/2011_Proof_4a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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