How Can You Tell If A 1937 Set Is Proof Or Uncirculated?

Can't really tell from your photos but they don't look like proofs to me . I'm assuming an original 1937 proof set would be exhibiting some real nice toning which yours do not . also they just don't have that stand alone uniqueness of proof quality coins .

Very nice set.

Proofs of this period have sharper edges, were struck at greater pressure or double struck from new dies, to ensure perfect rendering of the design detail.
They do not have polished fields or cameoed design details. The original intention for a poof was to make the best example possible as a quality control standard, to be compared with normal production business strikes.

It is these characteristics that a collector should look for, when assessing if what you have is proof or not. That is why high quality pictures are needed for this thread.
They are much rarer than made for market modern proof coins.


That is not the case any more.

Modern proofs generally speaking have polished fields and cameoed design details to be more attractive to the modern collector. They are usually made in much larger volumes for a commercial market, and are thus heavily marketed.

C'mon. These holders pop apart easily - no need to remove the coins from the bottom half for pics.

hi, thank you for all the help on what an early proof set looks like. mine is not. I did pop the case off and was a bit more enlightened by lack of sharpness to edges, condition also.
take care,

Thanks for sharing. Nice coins!

As far as condition is concerned,
quite a nicely balanced set anyway.