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| Regarding New Tarrifs
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tripoli
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Canada
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 Posted 05/04/2025 4:20 pm
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| My latest PCGS sub return just had the usual PST and GST molestation plus the Fedex brokerage fee....I have heard from Great Collections that coins are not part of the tariff exposure. |
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| Difference Between Proof-Like And Business Strike? Help A Novice!
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tripoli
Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Posted 03/23/2025 9:09 pm
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You can infer from this.....polished dies, higher pressures....
Proof and Specimen, by themselves, are not grading terms, they describe a coin's method of manufacture. Each uses the a 70-point scale to describe the quality of a coin's surface.
Proof coins are struck from specially prepared and polished dies and planchets. The dies for traditional proof coinage are prepared such that the coin's primary devices (the coin's raised design elements) have a frosty or satiny appearance while the fields are given a mirror-like appearance. The high level of contrast between the two is generally described as a "Cameo effect" with different levels of contrast/cameo possible (the higher/deeper the cameo, the higher the desirability for many collectors and thus a higher price is often asked). Proof coins are generally struck two or more times to help create very sharp details on the coin; circulation coins are struck once.
While Specimen coins are also generally struck from specially prepared dies, they are not polished the same way as proof dies. A specimen coin has either an overall brilliant finish or brilliant devices with a matte background. The RCM has changed the appearance of its Specimen coins over the years, so one "catch all" definition is impossible. Specimen finish coins are generally struck twice to create sharper details vs. circulation coins.
Side-by-side, it should be able to easily tell the difference between the two finishes. Both can be very attractive, but a proof piece has the added bonus of the cameo |
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