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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;x115, post: 1564455, member: 33628&quot;]<span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times">last time I checked proofs looked different then business strikes. they are two different coins. thus the separate mintages.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times">if coin xxx has 800 proofs and 4,000,000 business strikes.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times">and you want coin xxx in a proof (for its superb finish) than you only have 800 to chose from.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times">if you want a business strike than you have 4,000,000 to chose from.(or how many survived) </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Times">or you can polish down a business strike to look like a proof and just ignore the mintage.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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