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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 6171231, member: 105571"]I'm with [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] on this for my type set collecting. For many 19th century coins, the price of the high-grade proof is much more reasonable than an equivalent grade business strike. The only caveat I set is that the year of the proof coin must also have been minted that year as a business strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to the OPs topic, I love proofs with their strong strikes and gorgeous surfaces. Here's one received as a gift at one of the last meetings of my coin club pre-pandemic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 6171231, member: 105571"]I'm with [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] on this for my type set collecting. For many 19th century coins, the price of the high-grade proof is much more reasonable than an equivalent grade business strike. The only caveat I set is that the year of the proof coin must also have been minted that year as a business strike. Getting back to the OPs topic, I love proofs with their strong strikes and gorgeous surfaces. Here's one received as a gift at one of the last meetings of my coin club pre-pandemic. [ATTACH=full]1245559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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