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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 812744, member: 16510"]<b>That coin is a proof - the mint started the modern proofs in 1950</b></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin is a proof - the mint started the modern proofs in 1950 and except for 1965, 66, 67 there have always been proofs and mint sets.</p><p>The two terms do and can get confused as some proof sets are and have been referred to as mint sets and even sometimes the other way around - they are not the same.</p><p>The differents is dramatic as proof coins are struck completly different than mint set or coins produced for circulation. Proof coins are struck multible times on slower presses with greater force, special planchets.</p><p>They almost always have sharp edges and mirror like fields and must be handled carefully to avoid contact marks or scrapes. The best way to learn the dfferents is look at thousands, tens of thousands of each and learn the minting process for yourself - once learned you will have no trouble telling the differents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 812744, member: 16510"][b]That coin is a proof - the mint started the modern proofs in 1950[/b] That coin is a proof - the mint started the modern proofs in 1950 and except for 1965, 66, 67 there have always been proofs and mint sets. The two terms do and can get confused as some proof sets are and have been referred to as mint sets and even sometimes the other way around - they are not the same. The differents is dramatic as proof coins are struck completly different than mint set or coins produced for circulation. Proof coins are struck multible times on slower presses with greater force, special planchets. They almost always have sharp edges and mirror like fields and must be handled carefully to avoid contact marks or scrapes. The best way to learn the dfferents is look at thousands, tens of thousands of each and learn the minting process for yourself - once learned you will have no trouble telling the differents.[/QUOTE]
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