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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;statequarterguy, post: 782468, member: 21782&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Although The mint does not use “worn out” dies for proofs, the dies still wear with each successive coin struck, so earlier strikes will look better. The first thing that deteriorates is the frosted devices which begin to show uneven frosting with areas that are shiny. Again, from statements made by The Mint, ordering proofs early does not guarantee first strike coins, as a run will include coins struck from dies in varying states of wear. I’ve seen this from personal experience when I’ve ordered proofs the first day of issue and later in The Mint’s last chance catalog – I’ve got some lousy ones from the first day of issue and some beauties from the last chance catalog.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">As for the satins, that’s each ones preference. I personally like the satins’ matte proof look better than the mirrored proofs. The mirrored proofs high contrast prevents the eye from processing all the detail of the relief, much like a camera doesn’t do well in situations of high contrast (bright sun combined with shade). Although satins are not made quite as well as the “unc version of modern commemoratives, they are darn close. Look at the modern commemorative series to get an idea of the potential of the satins. Without exception the Uncirculated version of the modern commemoratives is a lower mintage and carries a higher premium than the mirrored proof. This is because people “blindly” order proofs believing they are the better coins. However, the uncirculated version of the modern commemorative is actually produced like a proof, but with matte fields rather than mirrored, so in essence the uncs are matte proofs with a lower mintage. The satin coins in uncirculated mint sets since 2005 are very similar to matte proofs and like the modern commemoratives, these satin coins’ mintages are much lower than the mirrored proofs. So, you do the math. The modern unc commems and the new satin coins are perfect examples of buy the coin, not the label, much like the label “first release”. </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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