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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4945172, member: 19165&quot;]Can you show us a picture of the rims? </p><p><br /></p><p>There are several things pushing me towards Business Strike for this one: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. mushy dentils</p><p>2. mushy date</p><p>3. mushy shield</p><p><br /></p><p>I would expect these details to be sharp and crisp on a proof. I just compared about 20 proofs on Heritage to your coin, and your coin is definitely weaker in all of those areas compared to the proofs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, I couldn&#039;t find any that exhibited die polish (at least, it wasn&#039;t evident in the pictures). The large amounts of apparent die polish on the reverse tend to push me in the direction of &quot;proof die which was then put into service for business strikes.&quot; This was fairly common in the late 19th century. </p><p><br /></p><p>The seemingly lustrous nature of the reverse, as opposed to the mirrored finish I expect on a proof, also lends itself to this theory. </p><p><br /></p><p>If there are any unique die markers of a proof, [USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER] will know them. At this point, I don&#039;t think its a proof. More pictures or more evidence could change my mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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