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<p>[QUOTE="Coinsandmedals, post: 4286995, member: 107435"]Great coin! I won’t hazard a guess as my experience grading pieces of this era tells me I am incredibly conservative (not that I was complaining when I got my coins back from NGC <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). I have a lot to learn about this series, but luckily it is not a primary area of collecting for me. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is in no way true. Remember a “proof” refers to a manufacturing process. A proof coins can and do find their way into circulation. Circulation wear does not change the fact that the coin is a proof; however, it may become impaired. An impaired proof is still a proof. I primarily collect 18th century English and Irish proof copper, and I have a handful of particularly rare circulated proof patterns in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Coinsandmedals, post: 4286995, member: 107435"]Great coin! I won’t hazard a guess as my experience grading pieces of this era tells me I am incredibly conservative (not that I was complaining when I got my coins back from NGC :)). I have a lot to learn about this series, but luckily it is not a primary area of collecting for me. This is in no way true. Remember a “proof” refers to a manufacturing process. A proof coins can and do find their way into circulation. Circulation wear does not change the fact that the coin is a proof; however, it may become impaired. An impaired proof is still a proof. I primarily collect 18th century English and Irish proof copper, and I have a handful of particularly rare circulated proof patterns in my collection.[/QUOTE]
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