Why can't a reverse proof be graded as Deep Cameo?

Maybe a silly question but why not? Everything is reversed so it stands to reason the coin could be graded as such.
Your thoughts.
Your thoughts.
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-Amanda
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<< <i>How do they make reverse proofs?
-Amanda >>
First they strike the coins, then they polish the planchets, then they polish the dies.........
<< <i>How do they make reverse proofs?
-Amanda >>
Amanda,
They polish the dies. Then they mask the devices and sand blast the fields. They remove the masking and then strike the coins. Same way they make a normal proof, except they mask the devices instead of the fields after polishing.
Have you seen the Inside the US Mint (I think that is what it is called. I have it on DVD) on one of the cable channels? It is quite interesting. Look it up on your cable schedule and mark off a day to watch it.
Jonathan
Edit: added a "y"
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<< <i>As silly as having to add a designation like DCAM is to modern proofs where all are DCAMs >>
Apparently you don't handle too many Modern Proofs
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<< <i>As silly as having to add a designation like DCAM is to modern proofs where all are DCAMs >>
Apparently you don't handle too many Modern Proofs
Everything I've ordered from the mint in the past several years has been DCAM, and I don't know that I've ever seen a proof sliver or gold eagle or a modern proof commemorative that hasn't been.
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<< <i>How do they make reverse proofs?
-Amanda >>
Amanda,
They polish the dies. Then they mask the devices and sand blast the fields. They remove the masking and then strike the coins. Same way they make a normal proof, except they mask the devices instead of the fields after polishing.
Have you seen the Inside the US Mint (I think that is what it is called. I have it on DVD) on one of the cable channels? It is quite interesting. Look it up on your cable schedule and mark off a day to watch it.
Jonathan
Edit: added a "y" >>
Thanks for explaining.
<< <i>Proof is a method of manufacture, not a description of appearance. When you reverse it, it implies, as CaptHenway said, that you're producing dies from coins. That method of manufacture is usually known as counterfeiting (or making 1921 Morgan dollars). >>
-Amanda
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My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
Proud member of the CUFYNA