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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6234501, member: 101855&quot;][USER=73489]@GoldFinger1969[/USER], your observation about the Matte Proof 1909 cent is exactly the reaction collectors had toward them back then. They didn’t like them. They were accustomed to the brilliant Proofs they had be buying for years. The result was sales of Proof coins declined. That combined with the start of World War I, suspended most sales and production of Proof coins until 1936.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Cameo Proof, I think that they were more of an accident. When the Proof dies were polished, the fields were bright and the devices (recessed part of the) were frosted. The resulting coins were cameo pieces. After the first 20 or so strikes, friction polished the cameo areas, and the resulting coins were bright all over.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors complained about the first 1936 Proof coins which a Matte or satin finish. That prompted the mint to over polish the dies. Some coins from the 1936 to 1942 ear have cameo characteristics, but very few of them are graded Cameo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo coins of the 1950s were really accidental. Collectors noted them and they became popular and attracted premium prices. The mint noted this and cameo coins became the norm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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