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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

1. An Uncirculated coin having received a special minting treatment to give it a mirror surface which could hide minor imperfections due to the minting process permissible; a coin specially intended for collectors.  1, record 1, English, - prooflike

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF

2. A coin struck early in the life of a pair of dies for current coins; it shows the fullest of lustre and no die wear even if given no special minting treatment.  1, record 1, English, - prooflike

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

1. Pièce n'ayant pas circulé et à laquelle on a accordé des attentions particulières à la frappe pour qu'elle obtienne un fini très lustré qui puisse cependant cacher des imperfections; pièce destinée aux collectionneurs.  1, record 1, French, - semblable%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9preuve

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La MRC ne frappe pas ce genre de pièces.  1, record 1, French, - semblable%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9preuve

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF

2. L'une des premières pièces destinées à la circulation mais frappées avec des coins neufs; elle a, en apparence, toutes les qualités d'une pièce au fini brillant hors-circulation et un relief brillant sur champ brillant, bien qu'elle n'ait reçu aucune attention particulière au moment de la frappe.  1, record 1, French, - semblable%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9preuve

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

On dit «semblable à épreuve» bien que la pièce n'ait aucunement les caractéristiques d'une pièce au fini épreuve numismatique, soit le relief mat sur champ brillant.  1, record 1, French, - semblable%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9preuve

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of a coin having a surface as flawless and brilliant, or nearly so, as a proof due to the fact that it is - one of the first coins struck with fresh, new dies; - one of the coins struck from dies originally intended for proofs, then converted to ordinary coinage; or - one of the coins deliberately struck to resemble a proof but struck only once, like an ordinary coin, a highly polished blank being struck with highly polished dies. Coins so produced are sold to collectors as above-average specimens.  1, record 2, English, - prooflike

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The practice of striking special sets of coins using this method first began in Canada in 1953. Actually, the term "proof-like" was first used by a Toronto coin dealer, James E. Charlton, around 1954, as a descriptive for what the RCM had labelled publicly as "uncirculated". Even if the term was eventually widely accepted, the Mint never adopted it and has continued to use "uncirculated".  1, record 2, English, - prooflike

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

See related term: uncirculated (1949-1952).  1, record 2, English, - prooflike

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish