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Message:: [QUOTE="Travlntiques, post: 1543494, member: 39129"]I think it's a very good idea to consider both Business strike & Proof mintages when buying a "low mintage" coin because it helps one realize how many of that date are in existence. Usually proof coins never circulated, so the number produced is basically the number still available, but the numbers definitely aren't so cut & dry with business strikes that were made to be used, destroyed and lost. Hence the price difference between the two types on a coin with a similar mintage. In weird cases like Conder's V-Nickel, I don't trust the Proof mintage to be a telling indicator as to thier actual rarity, because of the cases where proofs were destroyed by scam artists to try and make MS coins, as I believe sadly this is a trend that will continue over time. It's easy to blur the lines, especially with PL coins, but ultimately IMHO a proof coin is a different die, struck for a different purpose and that is good enough reason to draw a distinction.Here's one of my coins with 4 mintage numbers..... A Business, a proof, and a Type 2 (War Nick) Business & proof. Mine's the T-2 proof with a mintage of 27,000 :smile [ATTACH]206354.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]206355.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]