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<p>[QUOTE="green18, post: 692138, member: 10103"]Mike, I was going through a few of these sets last night and I remembered this thread with your question. I was always under the impression that these sets were satin finish but now I'm not so sure. I think they're just regular business strikes.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14781&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10054" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14781&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10054" rel="nofollow">http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14781&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10054</a></p><p> </p><p>No where in the product description is the word 'satin' used. Also, this year these sets were issued before the regular mint set (Oct. 1). I think they just grabbed these coins right out of the hopper as my set seems rather unremarkable. After all, why start up a special way of production for only one issue? This is only a theory of mine and I must say that I'm not entirely sure I'm correct....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="green18, post: 692138, member: 10103"]Mike, I was going through a few of these sets last night and I remembered this thread with your question. I was always under the impression that these sets were satin finish but now I'm not so sure. I think they're just regular business strikes. [URL]http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14781&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10054[/URL] No where in the product description is the word 'satin' used. Also, this year these sets were issued before the regular mint set (Oct. 1). I think they just grabbed these coins right out of the hopper as my set seems rather unremarkable. After all, why start up a special way of production for only one issue? This is only a theory of mine and I must say that I'm not entirely sure I'm correct....[/QUOTE]
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