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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joshua Lemons, post: 8266565, member: 82388&quot;]During this time some countries were making matte proofs as well, the US, GB and France are three I know that did. I assume the royal mint struck S.A. coinage too? I owned 3 matte proof Maundy pieces from the era, graded by NGC as such, but for the life of me, had the 3 pence not been graded, I would have just thought it was a really nice mint state strike.&nbsp; I&#039;ve owned some older proofs from 1920s Czechoslovakia and they are mirrored.&nbsp; </p><p>To the OPs question, I owned a 1940s three pence from South Africa, graded as a proof and it had distinctly mirrored surfaces, so I would assume you&#039;re coins should as well. Shouldn&#039;t be any mistaking the business from proofs there. As for Irish coinage, I&#039;m of no help, but I again assume the royal mint was producing that coinage too, so the proofs should be mirrored as well with an overall &quot;wet&quot; look.&nbsp; Older proofs tend not to have a cameo effect, the reason the ones that do are sought after with corresponding higher prices!</p><p>My problem is when the older proofs are toned and it&#039;s hard to get a good look to see if the coin is mirrored or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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