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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 93273, member: 68&quot;]Not exactly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Proof is a different method of manufacture it&#039;s not just a higher quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basining of dies is polishing the face flat and smooth.&nbsp; Coins are struck</p><p>multiple times so the entire die is usually visible. Planchets are polished </p><p>so there is a high luster on the finished coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What complicates things is that these same processes sometimes ap-</p><p>pear on business strikes either intentionally or accidently.&nbsp; Sometimes </p><p>they don&#039;t appear on proofs accidently.&nbsp; There are cases where business</p><p>dies are inadvertantly prepared and used as proof dies and where retired </p><p>proof dies were used to coin business strikes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is normally a hard and fast line between proof and business strikes</p><p>but this line is sometimes blurred because of mint practices or errors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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