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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 756944, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s a pretty interesting coin really.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was the brainchild og Phillip Diehl then director of the mint and intended as a thankyou to long term mint set buyers.&nbsp; It&#039;s really a nice little token of appreciation in view of the fact&nbsp; that it&#039;s the only W-mint Roosevelt and the lowest mintage coin of the series.&nbsp; It also had an unususual distribution since they were released only in the mint sets.&nbsp; Some people will consider this coin necessary as a type coin since it is the only W-mint roosie or circulatrion clad.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As in keeping with the quality of West Point production it is also extremely well made.&nbsp; It probably even exceeds the average quality of the early silver issues with near gem examples being fairly typical and true gems fairly common.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Attrition isn&#039;t especially high on these but a lot are being degraded by improper handling and storage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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