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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7409976, member: 112&quot;]It was indeed 1973 when the Mint changed their thinking. And that&#039;s what it was that really changed, the thinking, or policy if you will, not the method. Over the years, even prior to &#039;73, as well as after, they had used several different methods of creating the frost. </p><p><br /></p><p>Frosted Proofs have existed since the very first Proof coins. And yeah there have been other kinds of Proofs as well such as matte and satin. But prior to 1973 the mint simply didn&#039;t care whether the Proof coins came out frosted or not. Their policy was that the first few coins would be frosted because the die preparation that created the frost effect. But once the frost effect wore off the dies they would not spend the extra money and time to re-frost the dies. They would simply go right on striking the coins. Sure, they&#039;d re-polish the fields as that was a lot cheaper and easier. But they simply would not re-frost the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in 1973 that changed and mint instituted a new policy, one that said they would spend the money and the time to make sure that ALL the Proofs came out the same - frosted devices and mirrored fields.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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