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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2956682, member: 16729&quot;]Hey, iPen.&nbsp; Whassup?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the 2000 can be claimed as Satin Proof, sure.&nbsp; The 2001?&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so, but they are very beautifully struck in any case.&nbsp; I have a 2001 Mint Set, and the finishes on the coins in that set look pretty close to the coins from the 2000 set.&nbsp; I really wonder what the &quot;intention&quot; of the BoK and Komsco was when they made ALL of the coins for the 2000 to 2004 sets (both Mint and Foreign proof)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe NGC saw a 2001 Foreign Proof set, or a Five-Won coin from the 2001 Foreign Proof set (those look more &quot;reverse proof&quot; to me), and now they are citing it as&nbsp; Satin Proof?&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember, the cases of any Foreign Proof set and Mint Set from 2001 to 2004 are almost identical.&nbsp; That may have been a confusion for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the examples you cite sound fine by me, but &quot;proof variants&quot; may just be extra nice strikes from Mint or Foreign Gift sets.&nbsp; Who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>My BoK mint set video:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Dm99NBxeMOs[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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