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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kookoox10, post: 1426249, member: 31129&quot;]I&#039;ve always thought specimen coins were general MS coinage that exhibited &quot;proof like&quot; surfaces.&nbsp; Because the RCM never minted true &quot;proof&quot; coins in addition to their MS pieces, they don&#039;t polish the dies regularly like the US mints do to their proof dies. This was the case in the 40&#039;s-60&#039;s, they struck all their silver in this manner.&nbsp; This makes those earlier specimen proof coins worth a ton a money if graded as such and only the first xxx amount had that deep mirrored finish.&nbsp; I know ICCS grades with the specimen tag on there if they come across one.&nbsp; I&#039;m not 100% sure what the RCM calls the coins you have, I believe they are specimens.&nbsp; After a certain year, sometime in the 90&#039;s, they now call their proofs as specimens and produce them as a higher tiered collectibles.&nbsp; Make sense Greg?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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