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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 1933508, member: 9474&quot;]Lets be honest here, the problem is that many people (this dealer included) don&#039;t know what a proof is.&nbsp; They are just looking at the coin and if it meets &quot;their&quot; description of a proof, then it must be a proof.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Hotpocket, based on your description of the coin, it appears that the coin has nicely frosted devices and a mirrored background....all of this is hard to gauge from your pics, but I take your word on it since the coin is in your hand and pics don&#039;t tell the whole story.&nbsp; This description by itself screams proof, but most of us know this is not the case.&nbsp; Using one of my own coins for an example, I have a superb 1967 Kennedy half that would make any uneducated person thump on their bible and scream that it is a proof.&nbsp; Well, we all know the mint did not make proofs from 65-67, but some early strikes had superb cameos and a deep mirror background.&nbsp; To an uneducated &quot;dealer&quot; (and we all know they are out there) they would argue that this is a proof and to an uneducated buyer, they would buy it as such.&nbsp; This whole story sounds like this is what happened.&nbsp; There is no documentation that any proofs were produced but you have both a &quot;reputable&quot; TPG and a &quot;reputable&quot; dealer both saying this is a proof.&nbsp; I have many coins where NGC has labeled one a proof and the same coin as an unc.&nbsp; I also have coins that NGC has labeled one as a UNC and the very same coin as a Matte Proof.&nbsp; I wish we still had that head banging emoticon![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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