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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1364138, member: 26030&quot;]The first year of the 2nd run of proofs in the Lincoln series ... 1936. Total mintage was only 5,569 proof coins.&nbsp; PCGS just graded this as PR63RB Satin, however I am not sure they got the Variety correct.&nbsp; I think there is a possibility that this is a Brilliant Proof.&nbsp; In any case there are only about 400 PCGS graded 1936 Satin Proofs and about 900 graded 1936 Brilliant Proofs, so this is a rarity no matter which type of proof it is.&nbsp; You just don&#039;t see these 1936&#039;s very often. I like that bit of obverse toning that looks like licking flames, especially behind Lincolns head.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]160014.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>A bit of history ... </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513">The year 1936 marks the&nbsp; beginning of the modern era of proof coins &amp; sets. The previous proof coinage had&nbsp; been produced twenty years earlier (in 1916) in a Matte finish and only for the Lincoln Cent and Buffalo Nickel -- this was followed by a 20 year gap in the production of proofs.</span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513">In the year of release, the&nbsp; 1936 proof coins received a lukewarm response from&nbsp; collectors, although today all issues are prized as important low&nbsp; mintage issues.&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513">Early in 1936, the Lincoln Cent and Buffalo Nickel&nbsp; were produced with a Satin proof finish. This finish was disliked by&nbsp;&nbsp; collectors since it closely resembled the regular circulation strike&nbsp;&nbsp; coins. The Mint responded by switching to a Brilliant finish part way through&nbsp; 1936 and continued this finish for all&nbsp; subsequently produced proof coins.&nbsp; This&nbsp; resulted in two different finishes for the&nbsp; cent and nickel. The Satin&nbsp; finish is sometimes referred to as Type 1,&nbsp; while the Brilliant finish&nbsp; is referred to as Type 2.&nbsp;&nbsp; The dime,&nbsp; quarter, and half dollar are all&nbsp; found with only the brilliant proof&nbsp; finish. </span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513">All five denominations produced for circulation in 1936 were struck in proof&nbsp; version. This included the Lincoln Cent, Buffalo Nickel, Mercury Dime,&nbsp; Washington Quarter, and Walking Liberty Half Dollar. The coins were sold by the U.S. Mint individually or as a complete set.&nbsp; Individual prices were 75 cents for the half dollar, 50 cents for the&nbsp; quarter, 20 cents for the dime, 20 cents for the nickel, and 16 cents&nbsp; for the cent. A complete set was priced at $1.89.</span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513">The 1936 Proof Set packaging varied. The individual coins were&nbsp; placed within cellophane sleeves, and then stapled together at the top,&nbsp; either as a complete set, or with other coins from the same order. The&nbsp; stapled sleeve was placed in a box or envelope and shipped to the&nbsp; customer. Many sales occurred from walk-in traffic at the Philadelphia Mint where the coins&nbsp; were produced.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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