Really Confused On Grading!

cameo is the whiter stuff on the faces of the coins, look t a proof quarter and a regular quarter, you will see that the face is much neater and has the satin finish(cameo).

From the CCF Glossary on the left side of this screen.

Cameo
The term applied to coins, usually Proofs and prooflike coins, that have frosted devices and lettering that contrast with the fields. When this is deep the coins are said to be "black and white" cameos. Occasionally frosty coins have "cameo" devices though they obviously do not contrast as dramatically with the fields as the cameo devices of Proofs do. Specifically applied by PCGS to those 1950 and later Proofs that meet cameo standards (CAM).

Proof is a specific method of manufacturing coins. Specially prepared dies are used and the coins are struck more than once with higher than normal striking pressure. Cameo can be an effect on Proof coins. It deals with the absolute contrast between the fields and devices and the name comes from the black and white piece of jewelry-


For the typical Brilliant Proofs(all shiny, no contrast) of the 1930s-60s, Cameo Proofs only came from the first few strikes with a fresh pair of dies and because of their very limited nature are quite valuable. Since the early-mid 1970s, Proofs have been intentionally minted in a Cameo style and you should expect current Proofs to be DCAM/UCAM. Current dies are prepared by masking the fields and micro-bead blasting the devices to produce the frosted effect with the fields being polished to a high gloss with diamond paste. Previous methods of creating the cameo effect on a die have involved chemical etching of the devices.