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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1317936, member: 29751&quot;]While you&#039;re &quot;technically&quot; correct, once a coin is removed from its mint set packaging, it is not discernibly different from a coin struck for general circulation.&nbsp; As such, these coins are referred to as &quot;business strike&quot; or &quot;brilliant uncirculated&quot; strikes.&nbsp; Neither PCGS nor NGC grade modern mint set (post-1970) coins differently from business strike coins for any years except 2005-2010 (when the coins are obvious different Satin Finish coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>The press itself does NOT make a coin circulation strike or mint set strike.&nbsp; The same press the US Mint may use for mint sets could be used by others for circulation strikes.&nbsp; My understanding is that the pressure and speed is what makes the mint set coins <i><b>slightly </b></i>different than general circulation struck coins (while these differences are basically nill outside of the mint packaging).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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