(Possible) 1911 Matte Proof Lincoln Cent Found In Bank Roll!

First off: I've been reading this forum for the past few months, and I joined just now so I could share this with you as I just made what might be a huge discovery today. Please pardon this very long-winded story.

Alright, so I'm rather new to CRHing and have been sorting through boxes of pennies for the past few months. (done maybe 15 total so far) I've found my fair share of common wheats and have stashed $50 face worth of copper pennies. (all of these have been N.F. String boxes, mind you)

One day a month or so ago, I had an especially nice box, containing several common 40's and 50's dates, along with a single roll that had a 1911 and a 1912D.

At the sight of those two coins I was of course excited at the fact I was holding two 100 year old artifacts of a long gone era. I knew however that with a mintage of over 100,000,000 that the 1911 was really nothing too special, and the 1912D was infected with that nasty green corrosion (drat!). I put them both away in the roll of common date wheats I had been building up.

Enter the present day: I'm kind of bored, and decide to take another look at that 1911 for whatever reason. (It is still my oldest roll find to date after all) It's good looker and is in pretty good shape for an almost 100-year old coin. (not an expert, but I'd say XF45-49)

I find myself wondering, if not wishfully thinking, that the reason it's in such good shape might be because it was a proof. (yeah right!) So I get on the computer and look at the mintage figures for 1911 proof cents. (under 3,000 yikes!)

Now since the proofs as well as business strikes were both minted in Philly, I was wondering how it would be possible to tell the difference. So I search online for some info on how to distinguish a 1911 proof cent, and found a nice page detailing the 1911 proof's die characteristics which include:

-Die crack running from wheat stalk to rim on reverse at 2:30 position
-Die gauge on obverse above the G in "God"
-Small blob on obverse in the fork in the Y in "LIBERTY"
-Small blob on upper right of the first 1 in "1911"

The first one I could see on my coin with my naked eye and it matched the picture on the webpage. This got me really excited so I whipped out my dad's old microscope to check the rest of the die signatures. (on 100x magnification)

The die gauge above the "G" was not very pronounced but it was definitely there. The other two checked out in accordance with the photos on the webpage.

I checked once, I checked twice, and I checked a third time just to make sure, and I have reason to believe that this 1911 cent was indeed struck from the proof die! (though I'm a bit skeptical until I get it checked out by a qualified examiner)

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