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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doctorxring, post: 2566679, member: 22280&quot;]Thank you very much for your replies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After closely examining the coin again with what you said in mind it became apparent that this crown is not likely an impaired proof.&nbsp; The areas around the text on the edge told the story.&nbsp; I had not thought that this coin may have been cleaned, but after what you said, no doubt it has been.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all fairly new for me.&nbsp; I collected coins when I was just a grade school lad, hunting rolls that I would swap with the nearby bank.&nbsp; I had another small period of interest when got out of university in the 70&#039;s.&nbsp; I have been a collector of classic firearms for many years.&nbsp; Now that I have retired I have picked up interest in coins</p><p>again and am converting many of my firearms into this field.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just like with firearms, I will have to learn which items have been &quot;touched&quot; improperly in either ignorance or in earnest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I took a pic of the coin&#039;s edge.&nbsp; How does this differ from the edge of a proof ?</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks again, Chris</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554549[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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