Proof-only issue: coins that were struck only as Proofs.
Prooflike: a circulation strike that mimics the deeply reflective appearance of a Proof coin.
Proof-only issue A coin struck only in Proof, with no business-strike counterpart.
provenance Term synonymous with pedigree.
The fame of the 1883 is long-enduring and is traced to its status as a Proof-only issue in the $20 series. In this year no business strikes were made for circulation.
Only the 1831 issue, and to a lesser extent the 1811, present a challenge (the other rare date, 1836, is a proof-only issue). The most common dates seen in uncirculated condition are 1828, 1833 and 1835.
Toward the end of the series, the trade dollars from 1878 onward were Proof-only issues, as no related Philadelphia Mint coins of these dates were struck for circulation.
Doug Winter writes on the proof-only double eagles dated 1883, 1884 and 1887. "Continuing my fascination with Proof-only issues, I'd like to discuss the rare Proof-only double eagles dated 1883, 1884 and 1887." ...
The final Half Cent design type, the Braided Hair, first appeared in 1840 and ran through 1857. Rare dates of this type include the Proof-only issues of 1840-1848 and 1852.
In 1857, the Half Cent denomination was discontinued forever.
Proofs were made in each year of the Type 3 series and the scarcest date is the proof-only issue of 1873, of which only 600 pieces were struck. At least two business strike overdates exist: the relatively common 1862/1 and the very rare 1869/8.
 See also: Proof, Coin, Coinage, Grading, Struck
  
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