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Valued Member
United States
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When I used the forum spell check, it said that "Prooflike" was an incorrect spelling. I get 148,000 hits when I google "Proof like," but I get 252,000 hits when I google "Prooflike."
Is it technically "Proof like" or "Prooflike"?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The forum spell check does not have specific numismatic terms, it is just a normal spell check app. Words like planchet, brockage, and broadstruck are not listed. It is treating your word as two separate words but IMO the proper usage would be "proof-like" or "PL".
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Moderator
 United States
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It's "Prooflike." Until the next poster disagrees with me. See what I mean?  All seriousness aside, I believe the numismatically-acceptable form is as one word rather than two. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I always thought it was PL  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I use FireFox and it says the same thing, the only difference in FireFox I can right click to see what it suggests and if I still think I am correct I can click add to dictionary, I see the forum doesn't have that option
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Moderator
United States
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Same here, Bryan!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
528 Posts |
I think that is one word.
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Valued Member
United States
198 Posts |
"proof-like" gets about 31,700,000 hits on google, so it wins by a land slide....or is that landslide?  ~ Jim |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
Since the terms normal useage only applies to Morgans ,who really cares ?  the word in most numismatic literature is spelled prooflike, but we also know that the mint uses the word penny so exactly how correct the books are is anyones guess . |
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Valued Member
 United States
178 Posts |
How about using the term "NAPBLAP," which stands for "Not A Proof But Like A Proof," or NAP for short?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
it's prooflike, it's not life-like. it's lifelike.
Edited by jedichef
06/01/2009 04:18 am
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Valued Member
United States
436 Posts |
It's proof-like in most of the books I've read, although this varies...who knows?
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Valued Member
Australia
126 Posts |
I spell it like proof-like
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Your all wrong. Even Google is wrong. It's Likeaproofa. Italian for close to a proof.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3077 Posts |
Carl must shop at Vito's coins
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
IF we could use the Red Book as a terminology guide (since the prices in there are a joke) we would all notice that all of the conditions of coins on page 9 are two separate words. The abbreviated form is only one with a dash, but the entire words are separate. Examples are Mint State = MS, Very Good = VG, Extreamely Fine = EF. Although some, such as Choice About Uncirculated = AU where the C is left out is one of the exceptions. Based on that book as a terminology source would make Proof Like = PL or Like a Proof = LAP |
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Posted 05/28/2009 6:12 pm
