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Message:: [QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1764446, member: 26030"]Sounds plausible, your guess is as good as mine. However I have seen weak strikes on proofs before -- every proof just does not appear to be struck the same (sometimes they are hammered with detail, other times a bit softer). I have owned some Matte Proof Lincolns, which are softer and less detailed, and others that are just hammered with razor sharp detail (both minted in the same year). In terms of the "pool of stuff above right of the date" on the pink and blue 1941 Proof Lincoln -- colorfully toned Proof Lincolns from the 1936-1942 era often come with "choppy toning" with lots of color breaks and hard transition lines. That's just their nature. They are rarely smooth like colorfully toned Proof Lincolns in the 1959-1964 era (where you tend to find the best, smoothest, most eye appealing color of almost any era in the Lincoln Proof run). Below are two other examples of colorfully toned Proof Lincolns from that Pre-War Wheat era (1936-1942) exhibiting the characteristic "choppy toning" of that period. This is a pretty typical look. As to why most of the colorfully toned Proof Lincolns tend to look like this in this era, is anyone's guess. It is interesting to note that the lower right portion of Lincolns jacket is also a bit weak on the 1940 (but not as weak as the blue and pink 1941 above).  The jacket was struck in it's full glory on the 1942 example.  So this weak/missing jacket effect does seem to pop up from time to time on Lincoln Proofs. <img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1940LincPR64RB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1942Linc_PR63RD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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