1934-35 Centenial Florin

If it's a specimen, then it's an impaired specimen, and so to MY thinking, would now be equivalent to a business strike in the same condition due to minor scratching and possibly very slight wear. Beard detail is slightly dull; that could be due to the coin being a business strike, or very minor wear.

I am also thinking that it started out in life as a business strike. With high grade Centenary Florins, attention is paid to the garland detail on the rider's head when grading. I'm am inclined to think that the detail in this area is not sharp enough to suggest a specimen stike.
If a coin was struck to be a specimen, then that coin would have been one of the first to have been struck off the die, and detail would thus be quite sharp in this area.

If a specimen coin was lucky enough to be continually preserved since being struck, then you would indeed have an obviously a 'stand out' coin to the eye.

Interesting! I see that even an acquaintance of mine (John Pettit) gets a mention!

Finally managed to get this to an acceptable size.

Hi trout, sorry I thought I had subscribed to this topic and no one had replied, but I obviously forgot.

Yes mine has both of those features.
Does yours have numerous vertical striations on the right of the horse's head?

If the first 100 struck are considered to be specimens and then the nipple was ground off, then logic would suggest the next 100 at least would be 'specimen like' and therefore only the nipple differentiates.
I am pretty sure that a clear nipple is the criteria for value, along with no wear of course.
Hope that makes sense.