Almost proof-like?? teletrade terminology

tmot99

Yeah, if only they were to finish polishing the die, it might have a chance. How can they possibly say almost proof-like?

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Peaceman

O look......Teletrade

For those of you who are not aware, if you return a coin to teletrade you WILL incur a “restock” fee along with other fees they see fit no matter how many coins you’ve bought from them in the past. I personally lost over $ 50.00 returning a $ 850 coin after I didn’t agree with the coin’s description. Frankly, it wasn’t even close to the description. Good luck with your purchase..........

stev32k

That sounds like "almost uncirculated". As in a slider for uncirculated. What it means is that they paid too much for the coin and are trying to cut their losses by adding a little hype.

coinguy1

Actually, the term "almost proof-like" is a legitimate term, although I usually see it described as "semi-proof-like" instead.

Many coins display partially/somewhat reflective/proof-like surfaces, which are not enough so to be fairly described as "proof-like".

Just as some coins are legitimately proof-like but not deep mirror proof-like, others are semi-proof-like but not proof-like. The degree of reflectivity, etc, is part of a continuum, just like the quality/grading scale is.