Ultra Cameo Grade

[rotorrocket]

Are all PF70s considered Ultra Cameo?  What's a Reverse Proof PF70?

 

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[Just Bob]

Welcome to the forum. 

70 is a grade - the top grade, in the world of coins. "Proof" is a method of manufacturing,  usually with highly polished fields and frosted devices (dates and lettering). A "reverse proof" is one in which the opposite is true: the fields are frosted, and the devices are polished. "Ultra cameo" signifies a coin in which the contrast between fields and devices is especially strong.

Hope this helps.

[rotorrocket]

Thanks!

[rotorrocket]

1 hour ago, Just Bob said:

Welcome to the forum. 

70 is a grade - the top grade, in the world of coins. "Proof" is a method of manufacturing,  usually with highly polished fields and frosted devices (dates and lettering). A "reverse proof" is one in which the opposite is true: the fields are frosted, and the devices are polished. "Ultra cameo" signifies a coin in which the contrast between fields and devices is especially strong.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!  So a 70 isn't necessarily a ultra cameo? It can be graded as a 70 without the ultra cameo designation?

[Just Bob]

That is correct. It can also be an Ultra Cameo and grade less than 70.

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