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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 110239, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> aboard skipper. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In overly siimplified terms: <ul> <li>Proofs are specially struck for collectors rather than for circulation.&nbsp; Polished planchets (coin blanks) are struck two or more times, using highly polished dies.&nbsp; The hoped for result is a coin with mirror-like fields and devices with a frosted appearance.<br /> </li> <li>&quot;FDC&quot; is the abbreviation of a French term meaning &quot;flower of the coins&quot;, and is applied to well struck prooflike coins, generally from countries which don&#039;t produce separate proof and circulation coins.<br /> </li> <li>Specimen is also a term sometimes used in referring to proof-like coins, and sometimes used by government mints for part of their production.</li> </ul><p>Actually skipper, most of us at this forum are in it for the joy of collecting and enjoying the artwork, the technical achievements of the minters, and the history reflected by the designs and past usage of our coins, not to get rich.&nbsp; There are a few investors among us, with that aim in life, but the rest of us keep trying to convert them to the true path. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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