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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4867837, member: 105098&quot;]the mint sets in 2005-2010 were &quot;satin finish&quot;, that was it. If you wanted &quot;business strikes&quot; you had to get them from circulation ect. as the only way to do it, or buy rolls or bags from the mint of business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Satin finish = sandblasted dies</p><p>Enhanced finish = laser etched&nbsp; that give a frosted appearance, and unpolished areas.</p><p>for comparison, on the PCGS Website</p><p>satin =&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1-satin-finish/394944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1-satin-finish/394944" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1-satin-finish/394944</a></p><p>enhanced uncirculated =&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2015-w-1-native-american-enhanced-coin-currency-set-first-strike/546369" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2015-w-1-native-american-enhanced-coin-currency-set-first-strike/546369" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2015-w-1-native-american-enhanced-coin-currency-set-first-strike/546369</a></p><p>Regular business strike =&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1/394943" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1/394943" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2008-p-sac-1/394943</a></p><p><br /></p><p>there&#039;s differences, but nothing drastic I would say. enhanced and satin are similar, but I think the enhanced is a bit more precise in the stippling effect, heavier in some areas and lighter in others to add a bit of depth, and like they leave the faces and other things alone on this example, while satin is like &quot;just hit everything with a sandblaster&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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