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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 3062761, member: 36864&quot;]Get back in your corner darksider. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The satin proofs of 1936 are so called because they have a satin like look. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong here, but I believe the dies were pickled leaving that look on the finished coins. There are also brilliant finish 1936 buffalo nickels. This satin finish is very similar to the modern specimen strikes. The difference between a satin proof and a specimen strike is the number of strikes; proofs are struck twice (at minimum), specimen strikes are intended to be made as though they are intended for commerce and are not necessarily struck twice. All that being said, the terms are used fairly interchangeably especially when you look at mints outside of the US.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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