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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, fiche 1, Anglais, - prooflike

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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, fiche 1, Anglais, - prooflike

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See related term: uncirculated (1949-1952).  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - prooflike

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