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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kvasir, post: 71939, member: 4139&quot;]Actually the Royal Canadian Mint didn&#039;t offer proof coins till 1981. Assuming we are talking about the ones with frosted finish/relief. I believe the official term is called specimen. I&#039;ll have to double check with my Charlton Standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the 1967 dollar and is probably uncirculated. So it&#039;s not unreasonable to believe this is the original state, unless you spot other signs of cleaning. I have a 1969 voyageur dollar that has the similar lustre. If I&#039;m not mistaken the 1967 dollar does contain silver. (i&#039;ll have to check my Charlton to make sure)</p><p><br /></p><p>The current Circulation 1 dollar was not issued until 1987. But for a long time the mint has been minting 1 dollar for commemorative/and numismatic purposes. This belongs to a set that came out in 1967 for the Canadian Confederation Centennial. The whole set features Canadian wildlife</p><p>1c - rock dove</p><p>5c - arctic hare (i think), from all the examples i&#039;ve came across, they usually have better lustre than any contemporary and even present nickel pieces. </p><p>10c - mackarel</p><p>25c - bobcat</p><p>50c - wolf</p><p>1$ - goose[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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