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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 179701, member: 112"]Some of them are easier to tell at a glance, for example most modern Proofs, at least those since 1973, have cameo devices. They look frosty in other words - the devices look like they have frost on them, just like the grass on a winter morning. But for all the others, the fields of the coin have a mirror finish - you can see yourself in them. With business strike coins you can't do that. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other ways, like the mint mark is a rather obvious one. The legends are very crisp on the edges of the letters, kind of squared off. So are most of the devices since Proof coins are struck at least twice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 179701, member: 112"]Some of them are easier to tell at a glance, for example most modern Proofs, at least those since 1973, have cameo devices. They look frosty in other words - the devices look like they have frost on them, just like the grass on a winter morning. But for all the others, the fields of the coin have a mirror finish - you can see yourself in them. With business strike coins you can't do that. There are other ways, like the mint mark is a rather obvious one. The legends are very crisp on the edges of the letters, kind of squared off. So are most of the devices since Proof coins are struck at least twice.[/QUOTE]
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