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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 4556937, member: 9270&quot;]1941</p><p>21 coins.</p><p>Too many coins to post between the business strikes and proofs.</p><p>So I did a list and just the two 50¢ proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>1¢ Lincoln Wheat</p><p>All three business strikes are MS-66RD.</p><p>The proof is PF-66RD</p><p><br /></p><p>5¢ Jefferson</p><p>All three business strikes are MS-65 FS.</p><p>The proof is PF-66.</p><p><br /></p><p>10¢ Mercury</p><p>All three business strikes are MS-65 FT.</p><p>The proof is PF-65.</p><p><br /></p><p>25¢ Washington</p><p>All three business strikes are MS-65.</p><p>The proof is PF-66.</p><p><br /></p><p>50¢ Walking Liberty</p><p>All three business strikes are MS-65.</p><p>There are two varieties of proofs:</p><p>-- with AW PF-66</p><p>-- without AW PF-65.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/50-1941-pf66-Final-txt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/50-1941-pf-NoAW-Final-txt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As I understand it, some of the 1941 proof dies were created by polishing up some of the dies used for business strikes.</p><p>The polishing process removed the designer&#039;s initials.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Hmmmm, don&#039;t know why the &quot;with initials&quot; image won&#039;t post. Shows up when I insert it but not when I post it!?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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