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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 3241517, member: 77413&quot;]<b>1971-S Proof</b></p><p>The Dansco 8113 album is titled <i><b>Jefferson Nickels including proof-only issues</b></i>. 1971 is the first year that a mint produced proofs with a mint mark, without also producing business strikes. It seems sort of a complicated distinction - why not just have an album with all the proofs, or with no proofs, and a separate album for proofs. At least the collector did not have to choose between a consistent run of business strikes versus a &quot;best possible coin&quot; approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the first four of the album&#039;s San Francisco proofs. This is the middle of the third page of the album. (Also, a preview of the next 12 day&#039;s posts.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the mint&#039;s new approach to intentionally making matte proofs. Up to this point they were a happy accident of preparing the dies, and the matte effect would wear away from the dies pretty quickly. [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] explains this well in his book <u>The Art and Science of Grading Coins</u>, which I recommend to anyone who doesn&#039;t already have it. (And if you do, would it hurt to have two of them?)</p><p><br /></p><p>The dark appearance of this coin is readily confirmed from the photo of it in the album, above.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848628[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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