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According to the U.S. Mint website concerning the issue of "first strike" coins, there is no record or numbering system in place at the production level to tell if one coin was struck before the other. Any time I hear the claim of "first strike", whether it be from the television sales stations, whether or not it's packaging in the N.G.C. or P.S.G.S. or I.C.G. services, or any one else for that matter it makes my blood boil. There is no such thing, except if you're the guy working on the press at the U.S. Mint and you put the "first struck" coin in your pocket and take it home after work. They may be referring to a batch of coins struck on the first die, or the first ones to be packaged (by a seperate entity not necessarily in any sort of order). The whole concept is simply a marketing scheme to charge a premium for the item.
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