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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thomas mozzillo, post: 2928997, member: 75914&quot;]Technically you are correct in stating that there are first strike coins that probably look a lot sharper than a coin struck a few hundred (or thousand) with the same die. The problem with designating it as a first strike is that the mint releases them all at the same time and nobody knows for sure which one was the first or 999th coin struck. People get them in bags on the first day of release, pick out the best ones and send them in to be graded. They should be called &quot;Early Release&quot; as nobody knows for certain which were the first few struck. At one time TPGers would use the Early Release on their label. Don&#039;t know if they still do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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