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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2626698, member: 27832"]I rarely engage in conversations other than to learn things, so I guess it's mutual. I took that year of graduate-level logical theory for the same reason, although it was kind of a different experience. (Meditating on the difference between "possibly necessarily true" and "necessarily possibly true"...) Do you understand, then, how your question is meaningless? You asked about the truth of this statement (and another using the same terms): You didn't define "low grade". You didn't define "high end". You didn't define "cases", although I guess we can infer "coins that were minted in both proof and business strikes". So, here's just one question-busting example. Very few silver dollars were minted in 1895 in Philadelphia. 880 proofs were made; they're quite valuable, even if impaired. Mint records indicate that 12000 business-strike coins were made; none of these "uncirculated" coins are known today, although there are tales from dealers who claim to have seen them. If a business-strike 1895-P dollar came onto the market today, and was verified as genuine, it would most likely sell for many times the value of a proof example -- even if it wasn't in "high end" condition, however you define that. 1896-P? An MS65 example lists for under $200. A PR-60 lists for over $1600.[/QUOTE]