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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LakeEffect, post: 8197918, member: 43201&quot;]Like most things, it&#039;s really just supply and demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you understand how proofs were traditionally brightly polished, well-struck coins. Then they discovered a way to frost the devices and leave only the fields bright. Then they thought, &quot;why not frost the fields and leave the devices bright?&quot;, and the reverse-proof was born.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s confusing you is the way they were distributed. Some were sold outright, some were included as a bonus coin with the purchase of a proof set or mint set. Some were sold paired with another collectible coin. Generally, they were all available to the public in one way or another if you knew where to look.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some were struck in small numbers, some slipped under the radar, others just weren&#039;t especially popular, so later on they were perceived to be scarce and desirable, and we see higher prices today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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