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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2515418, member: 24314&quot;]BINGO!&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000">That&#039;s the point</span>!&nbsp; In many cases, no one besides the people who made the actual specimen know for 100% certainty all the time.&nbsp; The 17th and 18th Century mint workers are DEAD.&nbsp; Records are sparse.&nbsp; Proof die were often used to make MS coins.&nbsp; Intent?&nbsp; Who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>That is why many of the old timer&#039;s (I quoted one of them and he got disparaged for an opinion he had in the 1970&#039;s) believed: &quot;If it looks like a Proof, it is.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP&#039;s coin.&nbsp; We have printed evidence of what the coin is.&nbsp; Is Krause correct?&nbsp; Is the coin in the NGC holder thick or thin (we cannot tell)? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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