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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbadexample, post: 6224288, member: 100740&quot;]You seem to contradict yourself, unless I&#039;ve misunderstood:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Freshly prepared obverse and reverse dies? Mirrored surfaces and frosted devices? You might as well be describing a proof. Nevertheless, I consider the term &quot;proof-like&quot; to be a modern concept designed to relieve collectors of their hard-earned. Call me cynical if you will - I am. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the part of your post that confuses me. You explain the production of &quot;proof-like&quot; coins in the first paragraph, and then apply it to older coins (I assume this is what you mean by &quot;classic issues&quot; being passed down over generations) where this method of production didn&#039;t take place. How does an older coin get to be designated &quot;proof-like&quot; when it was produced in exactly the same way as its contemporaries? What differentiates it being as &quot;proof-like&quot;? As far as I can see, only by being a pleasing early strike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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