Ok here is a simple description, these are coins minted on a "burnished" planchete.. In this case "burnished" means "sandblasted" with a very fine grit and hand fed into the presses. generaly makeing for low mintages. They were minted only for mint sets, Not for circulation. Their distrbution through the years seems almost random. As i mentioned in a previous post their are very few 70s and 69s are not common, Satin Finish coins are the modern "Matte finish". These are most of those that I have managed to collect so far. (i've a few lower grade quarters from 2015 and 16 if i remember right but no pic's handy lol ) And I would love to see yours 2007 p SF obv by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:35 PM 2007 p SF rev by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:35 PM 2005 SF obv by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM 2005 SF Rev by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM 2008 d obv by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM 2008 d rev by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:33 PM 2005 p ovb by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:12 PM 205 p rev by mrweaseluv posted Mar 6, 2022 at 4:12 PM
I added a page to my Kennedy Half dansco to include the Satin finish P&D's from 2005 thru 2010. Don't have the '98 yet.
I have two state quarters. I am not sure how the Montana got into a MS68SF slab, When the frost takes a hit, or the luster has had some heavy contact. The areas flash heavily. The California, it's very clean, but doesn't show much of the frost accosiated with satin finish's.
The Satin sets were really nice but created problems for those collectors using albums. There was not a spot in the albums for the new satin finish coins. I chose to use the satin coins in my albums. I bought 5 sets each year and picked a Lincoln to send in. PCGS gave it a 69.
