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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4508063, member: 19165&quot;]Yes. Prooflike has been a widely accepted part of the grading standard for many, many decades. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, because, by definition, Prooflike coins are not specially prepared. They are just a happy accident, and sometimes we get lucky enough to get them. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the mint intentionally creates a burnished piece, or a reflective piece which isn&#039;t a proof, then it will report those separately (but, they are often considered &quot;specimen&quot; pieces, not prooflike). </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the same as FBL or FS - the mint doesn&#039;t report those because its just a part of the production process for normal business strike coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not &quot;official&quot; in the sense that there&#039;s some hobby-wide regulating body putting out a &quot;standard.&quot; However, PCGS has published their criteria (in inches of reflectivity) for PL and DPL. If you consider the TPG as the &quot;official&quot; arbiter of grade, then that is the &quot;official&quot; standard for PL. &quot;Official&quot; has a *very* loose meaning here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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