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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 277156, member: 8247&quot;]I was lucky, when I found my SMS&#039;s, there were about a dozen other proofs in the same box (inluding a 64 proof and a 1960 Franklin Proof) and none of them had seen any real circulation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, proofs should jump out at you and leave no doubt in your mind.&nbsp; If the coin is questionable, it most likely is not a proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve gotten some seriously circulated proofs and the background field right up next to the design elements still has that proof quality.&nbsp; When I search coins, I don&#039;t look at the mintmark anymore.&nbsp; If it&#039;s a proof, it&#039;ll jump out at me.&nbsp; If in doubt, you can always hold it up next to a proof of the same year, and you&#039;ll probably see the difference in quality of the background and the sharpness of where the design elements meet the background.</p><p><br /></p><p>One last thing that helps, for uncirculated proofs, there is a certain quality to the edge of the coin that just doesn&#039;t exist on non-proof coins.&nbsp; There were a few years in the early eighties where the quality of the edge rivaled that of the proofs, but they were still inferior.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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