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When Did the Mint "Perfect" Proof Coinage in Deep Cameo?

OneCent

OneCent Posts: 3,561 ✭

May 31, 2008 2:31PM in U.S. Coin Forum

1976?

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JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭

May 31, 2008 2:38PM

Yeah, around the mid-70s they started getting it consistantly right and making it last on purpose...

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OnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,549 ✭✭✭✭✭

June 1, 2008 3:50AM

1973?

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GoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭

June 1, 2008 4:06AM

and by the 1980's that had made they coins too cameo, and they looked aweful!

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cladking Posts: 30,072 ✭✭✭✭✭

June 1, 2008 4:11AM

In '83 99.9% of the coins were cameo.

Before this '81 or 2 had about 95% cameo. They did start getting common about '75/ '76.

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