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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 658227, member: 15199&quot;]Nice coin! Indeed! I really like the appearance of a nice matte proof better than the mirror or satin ones, but of course different people like different finishes. I guess that is why there are several books on recognizing matte proof lincolns and I don&#039;t know of one that is to recognize mirror or satin proofs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I forget where I may have read it, but I seem to recall someone writing that so few matte proofs were struck each year, that after doing so, the dies went on to strike some business strikes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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