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