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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 736018, member: 307&quot;]They are both numismatically different and &quot;rarer&quot; than the regular circulation strikes. They are easily distinguished by their finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>But before you go out and jump into this whole hog, there&#039;s a couple of things to understand:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The coins in the Mint Uncirculated Sets are readily available and even though some people are paying good premiums on eBay, they are mistaking these for the circulation strike coins and will be disappointed later when they find out that they overpaid.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) The Mint Uncirculated Sets will have a far lower mintage than the regular circulation strike coins but they are always in good supply in high-end conditions. The circulation strikes OTOH are much harder to find in higher grades. This is simple supply and demand economics. Supply doesn&#039;t drive the prices, though, it seems demand is a much larger factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) The coins that <b>ARE</b> bringing big premiums are the circulation strike coins and it is simply because there have been very few released into circulation and people are now hoarding them. These coins will be common at some time in the near future because they made <b>millions</b> of them!</p><p><br /></p><p>4) If you wait (even a few years if need be) these coins will have started to surface and the prices will plummet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful of how you use the term &quot;rare&quot; in coins because when something is rare that doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worth a lot, it merely means that there aren&#039;t many of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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