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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 757913, member: 307&quot;]Truthfully, they can&#039;t tell the difference. Typically, the higher grade business strike coins (prior to 2005) came from Mint Sets. But even though they received a little &quot;extra&quot; in the way of special treatment, they are indistinguishable from circulation strikes, and therefore PCGS, NGC, or other TPGs can&#039;t tell the difference. A 1999 coin from a Mint Set will get the same slab and grade if as if it had come from a circulation roll, even if you sent&nbsp; it in the Mint Package (which you can&#039;t).</p><p><br /></p><p>The original discussion centered around the 1996-W dime, which although struck as a regular &quot;type&quot; circulation strike and placed in the Mint Set with all of the other circulation strike coins of that year, was available only in the Mint Set and so <b>can</b> be distinguished simply because it has a W mint mark. Even still, no notation is made on the slabs, even for the 1996-W.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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