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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 5000280, member: 19165&quot;]Who? Me? Prooflikes? What? </p><p><br /></p><p>The other seller you link, [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] d , is a well-known dealer in prooflike coins and a friend of mine. It is his specialty, and he often has a lot of cool stuff. He used to be active on the NGC forums, and we talk about our finds. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the brief overview of 20th century Prooflikes (by this, I mean series after Barber/Morgan - those are different). 20th century prooflikes can be broken up into three main eras. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, there are the S mint coins of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Usually, these display strong die polish, which helped to give them the mirrored finish. Prooflike War nickels fall into a subset of this category, usually collected as a separate type. Outside of the war nickels, there are some pre-war PLs (39S, 40S), and plenty post-war. There isn&#039;t really anything special or distinctive about PL war nickels compared to a PL 46S except for the composition. Below, I&#039;ve shown a 42S War Nickel in 66PL (by far the most common date) and a 46S in 66PL.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next era comes from the late 50s to early 70s. Usually, these display silky smooth surfaces. While there is a 59 designated as PL, PLs of this era are hard to get - more often, they are quite attractive semi-PLs like the coin [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] shows in this thread. PLs from this era are actually more often from the Denver mint, across all series. Shown below is my 64D in 65PL. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once we get into the mid-80s, we start to see the modern era of Prooflikes. In the late 80&#039;s, early 90&#039;s, the mint began experimenting with new die technology - they began chrome plating the dies to make them last longer. If you think of how shiny a chrome bumper is, then you realize how shiny the die could be - and how shiny the coin struck might be. The earliest example I know is my 84D in 65 5FS PL shown below. These start to get common in the late 80&#039;s, into the 90s. The peak is something like my 1998D in 65 6FS DPL shown below. </p><p><br /></p><p>A word of advice - don&#039;t pay outlandish prices for PL examples from the 2000s. Especially within the last decade, PL examples are extremely common, even in very high grades. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200376[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200379[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200380[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200384[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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