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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 1557132, member: 36864&quot;]The mint almost always prepared dies like proof dies in this time period, it is the reason that so many early coins have existing proof like examples.&nbsp; The problem is that the dies did not hold up very well, so the proof like look would quickly fade.&nbsp; First the cameo, then the mirrored fields.&nbsp; A perfect example of this is the Morgan dollars.&nbsp; As far as my hypothesis of a flawed planchet, the flaws would not be completely removed by a business strike.&nbsp; Ike dollars are a good example of this problem, the mint had similar issues when the tried producing large clad coins.&nbsp; They were unable to strike the coins with the force necessary to completely remove all of the flaws in the planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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