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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 798245, member: 66&quot;]The confusion comes from the fact that the Mint makes TWO versions of Uncirculated silver eagles.&nbsp; One has no mintmark and is the common bullion piece handled by the Mint&#039;s distribution network of dealers.&nbsp; They made almost 30 million of them last year.&nbsp; The other type has a W mintmark and they are sold directly to collectors by the Mint.&nbsp; They first started making them in 2006 and last year they did not make any of them.&nbsp; The problem is that many people do not make it clear which of the two types they are talking about.&nbsp; There is also the problem that the Mint tends to use the same terms that we do but they don&#039;t have the same meaning.&nbsp; When the Mint speaks of Uncirculated coins, they mean special non-proof coins struck specifically for collectors, not just unworn business strike coins.&nbsp; In fact the run of the mill business strike coins we call uncirculated are referred to inside the Mint as &quot;circulated&quot; coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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