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<p>[QUOTE="walterallen, post: 347398, member: 4068"]Answer 1. Yes just by looking you or any should be able to determine whether this token or any other token has a proof like appearance. As stated already a proof is a process of manufacturing. Highly reflective fields and frosted objects would give the appearance of a proof style manufacturing process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Answer 2. Why the NNC, which by the way "I" would not consider a valid grader of anything including tokens, would give this token a coin grade is beyond me. Actually I'm sure is was for the money. Yes a professional token collector/seller/dealer could most definitely tell the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>Answer 3. The token would most likely be given a "condition" like good, fair, fine, or mint. Mint State is a condition attributed the grading of a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO you have a Mint condition proof type token. The slab, even though it protects/preserves the token is merely a display.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that's all I have to say about that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="walterallen, post: 347398, member: 4068"]Answer 1. Yes just by looking you or any should be able to determine whether this token or any other token has a proof like appearance. As stated already a proof is a process of manufacturing. Highly reflective fields and frosted objects would give the appearance of a proof style manufacturing process. Answer 2. Why the NNC, which by the way "I" would not consider a valid grader of anything including tokens, would give this token a coin grade is beyond me. Actually I'm sure is was for the money. Yes a professional token collector/seller/dealer could most definitely tell the difference. Answer 3. The token would most likely be given a "condition" like good, fair, fine, or mint. Mint State is a condition attributed the grading of a coin. IMHO you have a Mint condition proof type token. The slab, even though it protects/preserves the token is merely a display. And that's all I have to say about that.[/QUOTE]
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