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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1495231, member: 2972&quot;]Compare the strike of the 1846 in this thread to this 1847: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1143&amp;lotNo=3032" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1143&amp;lotNo=3032" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1143&amp;lotNo=3032</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Or this 1844:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1114&amp;lotNo=1518#39483948978" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1114&amp;lotNo=1518#39483948978" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1114&amp;lotNo=1518#39483948978</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both show more traditional LIBERTY strength you typically see in proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, look at the 1846 N-21 from the Holmes sale:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=62&amp;lot=166" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=62&amp;lot=166" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=62&amp;lot=166</a></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS called it a proof, but it is clearly not as hammered as the prior two coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Grellman calls this prooflike rather than proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there&#039;s clearly some contention on these coins, and the N-1 isn&#039;t the only 1846 in which there is.&nbsp; Again, PCGS has seemed to go both ways on these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you could somehow get that coin into a PR slab, you&#039;d come out smelling like a rose.&nbsp; It&#039;s a big gamble though.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, there are some who would argue there really weren&#039;t proof coins, per se, from this period, and they should rather be deemed specimen strikes, but that&#039;s another discussion....Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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