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randomasu Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 1:31 pm After the flea market, I still had coin fever so stopped by a coin shop on the way home. I found this in their penny bin. It appears to be a proof, I think. I have zero experience with proofs so I started googling. I hope I don't sound like a bonehead, but I'm a little confused by what I found. The queen on mine is matte like on a proof, but the maple leaf is not. On all the proofs (for other years) that I could find online they are both matte. Also, NGC doesn't show a value for 1974 proofs. Coinsandcanada mentions proofs for that year but there are no pictures and I can't find anyone selling or having sold a 1974 proof, they all say 'prooflike' and both the queen and the leaf are shiny. So, what exactly do I have here? Is this a proof? Why is the maple leaf shiny and not matte like the queen? Thanks for any insight you can give. Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 2:17 pm Proof-like strike, with new obverse dies that created a 'cameo' effect. 1974 is a tough year for cameo 1-cent strikes. Good eye!! "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
randomasu Valued Member Canada 53 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 3:48 pm Thanks for the explanation SPP. Very much appreciated! :) Report this Post to the Staff
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