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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1949406, member: 112"]The definition of a Proof is a coin that is struck from specially prepared dies and planchets, and struck more than once. That's all that is required for a coin to be a Proof. Nor is it unusual for Proofs from the same period to have different finishes. While I understand what you are saying about their use of the Proof designation, it is a designation that they apply to all of these coins. In any case, it is definitely a pattern, and many patterns are considered Proofs, and it would not be the discovery coin. From a 2010 auction - <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=1937+Proof+Prova+100+franga&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&order=0&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=1937+Proof+Prova+100+franga&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&order=0&company=" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=1937+Proof+Prova+100+franga&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&order=0&company=</a>[/QUOTE]