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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 3356172, member: 92655&quot;]A proof coin is actually a process. The mint very purposely creates a proof strike to be as immaculate as possible. The coin blanks and dies used to create a proof coin are specially prepared to create as near perfect as a coin can be..... Consequently, a proof nickel would be expected to have perfect details to include the five steps....... On the other hand a business struck nickel is just that. A business strike. No special or meticulous preparation is given to a business struck coin. After untold thousands go through the die, it becomes worn. Details become fuzzy, etc. To find a business struck nickel with five full steps means that nickel was struck early in the life of the die and all the pressures of striking were just exactly correct to bring all the minute details out..... This is why a business strike nickel with full details is somewhat of a scarce find..... Hope that makes sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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