What Differences Are Visible to Distinguish Proof from MS Seated Coins?

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• Cladiator Posts: 18,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 8, 2005 4:00AM

  
  
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  The amount of digits on the price tag
  
  
  
  
  

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• CarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭

  December 8, 2005 4:03AM

  The strike and preservation are what I notice first. I look for square edges, denticles and full struck features. I don't expect to see any hits. Some photos of the proof like seated coins do get me wondering sometimes...

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• itsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭

  December 8, 2005 4:03AM

  OK Joker! And for the next one of you, I am already aware of MS vs PR on the Label!

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• JoyofCollecting Posts: 682 ✭

  December 8, 2005 4:17AM

  "proof-like" often have clash marks...proofs very seldom do.

  Go well.

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• rhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 8, 2005 4:18AM

  Here is a proof 1862 H10c for comparison.
  
  

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• roadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 8, 2005 10:16AM

  Semi PL or PL surfaces with some cartwheel effect. The proofs in most cases have no cartwheel effect.
  I find this comparison gets much harder in the 1879-1889 quarters and halves. Usually the beveled rim
  and lack of denticle/reeding depth and sharpness gives away the business strike. I like to say that
  a proof reeded edge coin "feels"sharp in the hand, while an UNC "feels" dull. Of course with slabs, the
  last test is out.
  
  roadrunner

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