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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8097327, member: 105571"]You mean aside from the odd reddish-brown marks on the obverse which look more like they are on the slab than the coin? Two arc-shaped lines between feathers 2 and 3 and some localized spots. Those marks don't show in the first photo, only the second.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not certain it's a proof. Without doing any research on the die markers, it just doesn't look as sharply struck in the feathers as I would expect a proof to be. And the reverse also seems weak for a proof. I can't really see the edges well enough to give me some clues, even though the photos are pretty good. Secondly, unless I'm fooling myself, I think I see touches of high point breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my first guess is that it's not a proof. My second guess is that it's a proof but a circulated one. Give me time and I'll come up with enough guesses so that all the bases are covered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8097327, member: 105571"]You mean aside from the odd reddish-brown marks on the obverse which look more like they are on the slab than the coin? Two arc-shaped lines between feathers 2 and 3 and some localized spots. Those marks don't show in the first photo, only the second. I'm not certain it's a proof. Without doing any research on the die markers, it just doesn't look as sharply struck in the feathers as I would expect a proof to be. And the reverse also seems weak for a proof. I can't really see the edges well enough to give me some clues, even though the photos are pretty good. Secondly, unless I'm fooling myself, I think I see touches of high point breaks. So my first guess is that it's not a proof. My second guess is that it's a proof but a circulated one. Give me time and I'll come up with enough guesses so that all the bases are covered.[/QUOTE]
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