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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 128828, member: 705&quot;]Since the one on ebay has the smudge on it the one in the thread does have a drawing factor....but the one on ebay show what (maybe its the photo) may be heavier CAM....</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been thinking and this is what I&#039;ve come up with.</p><p>On the early dates you see a mixed ammount of Proof Franklins...some with a satin BU look and others with the normal Proof look....now would I be right or wrong to say that the ones with the satin look be some of the last ones struck with the dies?....IMO it would seem that when the dies were new they would have a better strike and the coins would therefor have a normal black and white proof look with some CAM....then as the dies were used and not kept up as much as they should have the dies started putting out more of a satin looking coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I heard that way back when dies were $$$ if the mint ran out near the end of the year they would sometimes use old worn proof dies....IIRC the coins didn&#039;t all have the PROOF look because the dies were worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now---did I come to the right thought? the book I have by Rick Tomaska only hits on this part of the topic lightly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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