Malaya King George VI Silver Coin: How To Distinguish Proof From Normal ?

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Coins Mania Valued Member Singapore 150 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 12:31 am I can't find related materials, can someone help. I am keen to learn as I have a bunch of these type. Numista shows there are proof coins for the 10cents mine example: Obverse Reverse Closed up I heard some of these proof went into circulation. But most are kept by the British during Colonial Singapore. Can someone with a known proof coin show photos to compare? * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Hondo Boguss Bedrock of the Community United States 15745 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 01:06 am Coins Mania, that is not a proof coin - it is a business strike. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Coins Mania Valued Member Singapore 150 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 01:28 am Thanks Hondo, How a proof ones looks like? Any marking to distinguish? Regards Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1805 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 02:19 am A proof is usually struck twice or maybe more with polished dies and probably polished blanks as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Hondo Boguss Bedrock of the Community United States 15745 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 02:46 am Proof coins are very distinctive. The fields are often mirror-like and the rims, lettering and devices are very sharp and well-defined with much finer detail than business strikes. Edges and reeding tend to be sharp. Even an impaired proof is very distinctive and easy to differentiate from a business strike. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Numister Pillar of the Community Singapore 631 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 1:57 pm I asked this before too, cause I saw some "King Norton's Mint proofs" in NGC cases but the coins look the exactly the same to the regular circulating type. Is this just a case of NGC just making things up? Report this Post to the Staff
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