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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2513511, member: 112"]Unh huh, and that coin over there is a variety - no it isn't, it's an error ! And that over there is an error - no it isn't, that's a variety !</p><p><br /></p><p>Kinda brings us back to that nagging "definition thing" - in other words it all depends on who you ask. Even when both of the people you are asking are considered to be experts of equal notoriety - and they both give you directly contradictory answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now me, and no I'm no expert and will never, ever, claim to be one, but I was always taught that there is very simple and distinct definition for a Proof. That being, <i>it is a coin struck on specially prepared dies, on specially prepared planchets, and struck more than once</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Leave any one of those 3 things out and the coin is not a Proof.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2513511, member: 112"]Unh huh, and that coin over there is a variety - no it isn't, it's an error ! And that over there is an error - no it isn't, that's a variety ! Kinda brings us back to that nagging "definition thing" - in other words it all depends on who you ask. Even when both of the people you are asking are considered to be experts of equal notoriety - and they both give you directly contradictory answers. Now me, and no I'm no expert and will never, ever, claim to be one, but I was always taught that there is very simple and distinct definition for a Proof. That being, [I]it is a coin struck on specially prepared dies, on specially prepared planchets, and struck more than once[/I]. Leave any one of those 3 things out and the coin is not a Proof.[/QUOTE]
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