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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jake1932, post: 3003041, member: 91934&quot;]Aside from color and proof appearance it is easy to tell a proof by the two &quot;very bold&quot; leaves that nearly touch the LL in the word Dollar on the reverse. These two leaves on business strikes are much more faint. The ES in States is quite separated on a proof and practically touch on a business strike. There are other diagnostics but those two leaves will tell you right off the bat..</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the reading I have done indicates that mint packaging was the primary reason for coins of the 50&#039;s to be toned this way. Where else would it have come from right? It looks to have spent a great deal of time in its original packaging (just my opinion). I have several 56&#039;s and 58&#039;s that display this near overwhelming electric blue tone.. If you will notice, a lot of the 1958&#039;s are this way in high grade because they were preserved in mint sets from speculators banking on this low mintage year being worth saving in large numbers....Very Sweet coin!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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