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Pillar of the Community
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This is not my area of anything. I usually collect pre 1940. But my wife picked this up. What do you think. The spots on the obverse are from the camera   |
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Moderator
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Lovely coin, from what I can see in the pictures the coin looks at least MS-65.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'd guess Proof, and not Uncirculated. ~ Jim
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Moderator
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It's hard to tell because of the lighting,but I would say low end Prf. with maybe a very light cameo? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd guess Proof, and not Uncirculated. I thought the proof were frosted with mirror fields? |
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Pillar of the Community
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The lighting could be better however, I believe this to be a Proof coin.....
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Pillar of the Community
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Here is a pic of a proof I found on the net. Shamelessly ripped from the pages. As you can see the (I forget the tech term - senior moment(s))! Franklin is frosted. Is there various types of proofs?  |
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To my knowledge,there are Proof and Reverse Proof coins. There are also stages of Proof, e.g. Cameo, Ultra Cameo, Deep Ultra Cameo. Light, and medium Cameo are also used to describe the amount of "frost" on a coin that doesn't quite make a Cameo grade. I'm sure the pros can describe it a lot better then me but I hope this helps for now. John1 |
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I thought the proof were frosted with mirror fields? Wow, you guys must be youngster's, huh? lol The first coin is what about 99% of older Proof coins looked like back then. They are today known as " Brilliant Proofs". Back then only the first few strikes from any die would have that deep cameo contrast, as in the second picture. These coins carry a big premium and are quite rare today. Modern Proof coins on the other hand are all DCAM and uniformly high grade. The times and technology have changed a lot since the 1950's. By the early 1980's the coins were pretty much all cameo, but if you look on ebay at some older pieces you'll see what I mean. I had to look around quite awhile before I found a really decent example of the 1973-S Ike dollar. ~ Jim |
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New Member
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Altered surfaces. This coin spent a fair amount of it's life around mercury. Be sure to wash your hands.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Mercury? Altered surfaces? What are you talking about? It is just a brilliant proof coin...
The bell lines, wording on the bell, and square rims are a dead giveaway for it being a proof- those details are almost never that strong on a business strike.
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Maybe it's just the lighting that gave it that distinctive appearance.
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