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Hi All, Well after restarting my coin collection after years away from it, I have collected some different types of commeratives and coins in general. But I have to say I am captivated and drawn to the Deep Cameo Strike on coins. It seems to be done at the San Francisco mint because I have the S mark on all the coins I own with the deep cameo strike. This strike looks amazing on the lincoln pennies and the Jefferson nickels. I do have a few other coins that have different strikes but nothing IMO compares to the deep cameo strike. What do you all think? |
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DCAM and UCAM (as NGC calls them) coins are beautiful. Some people just love proofs, some just have a thing for circulation strikes. They all have " S " mint marks, because all proofs , with the exception of ASE's, are minted at the S.F. Mint. Edited by denco7
04/26/2013 12:23 pm
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I do enjoy cameo proof coins and collect each years silver examples. You will also find cameo proofs from west point and the Philadelphia mints. I am particularly fond of Franklin halves and am striving to acquire a cameo proof set of them. |
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Sorry muddler, should have added since 1968 all proofs have been from S.F. except ASE proofs which started at S.F. '86-'92, then at Phila '93-'00 and since 2001 at West Point |
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DCAMs aren't limited to Moderns, but the price of admission starts getting pretty steep as you go back.  |
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Are the Deep Cameo Proof Strikes more valuable in the long run than the uncirculated strikes?
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Are the Deep Cameo Proof Strikes more valuable in the long run than the uncirculated strikes? Apples and oranges, comparing Proofs to Business strikes. With Moderns, it has become pretty much par for the course that a Proof is expected to be DCAM. That is kind of diluting the value a bit. |
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The West Point Mint also dabbles in commemorative dollars. [URL="http://s1231.photobucket.com/user/muddler5/media/Commemorative/1212infantry.jpg.html]  [/URL] But again these are my current obsession. [URL="http://s1231.photobucket.com/user/muddler5/media/Modern%20Halfs/1956rev.jpg.html]  [/URL] |
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DCAM and UCAM (as NGC calls them) coins are beautiful. Some people just love proofs, some just have a thing for circulation strikes.  My preference is for the circulation strikes. But I do have to say DCAM's & UCAM's are captivating, now just let the coins be minted from Canada.  |
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Are the Deep Cameo Proof Strikes more valuable in the long run than the uncirculated strikes? it depends a lot on the year in question. For moderns with a lot of things the uncirculated have had better value with lower mintages. If you go back to when the DCAM was a rarity they command a really nice premium while now if you get a proof that isn't a Dcam you got a really bad set that should be returned. Time will tell but since all proofs are basically Dcams now I dont think any premium will be attached to the DCAM designation anymore solely for it being DCAM |
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The reason I asked if the DCAM is worth more in the long run is because I have been searchinG a few ebay sellers and their ebay stores and I always see the S mark for a particular year costing more than the coins uncirculated P.and D mint marks for that same year. |
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@ John Hutch The reasons you may be seeing the "s" mint coins at a higher price is the fact most modern "s" mint coins are produced in proof and are of considerable less mintage that the circulating examples of the "p" and "d". For an example the Proof Jefferson nickles you have on a separate thread have mintage's of around 3 million, but the circulating strikes of P and D have over 300 million procured. |
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I wonder how they will look in 10 - 100 years in the future?
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Hi everyone - I am new to the hobby, and have been doing alot of homework on all the different things (mintmarks, years, acronyms, etc.) I think I have a good understanding of what DCAM stands for, but I saw a proof coin graded from PCGS with an RD CAM acronym on the label (PF66RD CAM). Can someone help explain what the RD stands for?
Thanks for the help.
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Welcome to Coin Community, Bruin1733. You were probably looking at a Proof Cent, and the "RD" designation is for a "Red" example. Cents can darken over time, even Proofs, to the point where they're called "Brown" (BN) or "Red-Brown" (RB). This is a copper-only designation.
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Posted 04/26/2013 11:46 am
