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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Feld, post: 347328, member: 11467&quot;]There is some debate regarding precisely what conditions are required for a coin to have been struck as a &quot;Proof&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A number of opinions go with the 1830&#039;s as the earliest that true Proof coins were produced in the U.S. However, I have seen population reports and/or coins as old as approximately 1818 which have been certified as Proof by the major grading companies.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have seen quite a few more coins which I would consider Proofs, from approximately 1829, on, however, and more, still, dated from the 1830&#039;s forward. There are a good number of coins in Proof holders which do not necessarily stand on their own merits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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