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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3218828, member: 46237&quot;]I feel sorry for all the numismatists that lived in the decades before the establishment of the poorly-defined reflectivity test, and who currently live outside the United States and do not use this test, for surely they have no way to identify prooflike coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the NSDR Journal Vol. VII No. 2, Robert R. Van Ryzin writes the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;(The term proof-like is) troublesome to define. The American Numismatic Association made an attempt to do so in its <i>Official ANA Grading Standard for United States Coins</i>. The ANA said the term proof-like “describes an Uncirculated coin with a mirrorlike reflective surface but lacking the full characteristics of a proof.”&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;There are no tricks or tests to determine what qualifies a coin for the sobriquet “proof-like.” You can waggle your finger two or three inches or more from the coin’s surface in an attempt to determine the depth of reflectivity or you can use a specially designed card that measures the depth of the mirror of a coin when the coin is balanced on edge. But the only reliable gauge is knowledge.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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