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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4736330, member: 105098"]From the mint website </p><p>"United States Mint uncirculated coins are struck on special presses using greater force than circulating coins, producing a sharp, intricately detailed image."</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there a difference the grading companies acknowledge? Nope.</p><p><br /></p><p>however "The U.S. Mint produced a special satin finish in annual sets from 2005 to 2010, instead of the traditional business strike finish." there is a noticeable difference in the mint sets of those particular years. PCGS grades those coins as "SP" instead of "MS". </p><p><br /></p><p>I think NGC puts "Satin Finish" on the labels. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as it goes for 2019 San Antonio quarters, there wouldn't be a real difference from the mint set one and one found new from circulation, BUT it might grade higher since it didn't go through the rolling machines and didn't get the extra rough handling of distribution.</p><p>Your P+D, ungraded yet and taken from an uncirculated set may get you better than MS66. Maybe MS67 or MS68.</p><p><br /></p><p>and if you bought those P+Ds that were already graded, they might also be from a mint set. the usual business strike from a bank even new is usually MS64 or 65 if lucky.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4736330, member: 105098"]From the mint website "United States Mint uncirculated coins are struck on special presses using greater force than circulating coins, producing a sharp, intricately detailed image." Is there a difference the grading companies acknowledge? Nope. however "The U.S. Mint produced a special satin finish in annual sets from 2005 to 2010, instead of the traditional business strike finish." there is a noticeable difference in the mint sets of those particular years. PCGS grades those coins as "SP" instead of "MS". I think NGC puts "Satin Finish" on the labels. As far as it goes for 2019 San Antonio quarters, there wouldn't be a real difference from the mint set one and one found new from circulation, BUT it might grade higher since it didn't go through the rolling machines and didn't get the extra rough handling of distribution. Your P+D, ungraded yet and taken from an uncirculated set may get you better than MS66. Maybe MS67 or MS68. and if you bought those P+Ds that were already graded, they might also be from a mint set. the usual business strike from a bank even new is usually MS64 or 65 if lucky.[/QUOTE]
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