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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 831904, member: 16510"]Those are really not the reasons.</p><p>The goal is to make a different finsh type coin thats all.</p><p>Like all mint set and proof set coins, satin finish really is just a method of manufactoring and not a grade.</p><p>Dies are different, planchets are selected and press are dedicated for the striking of satin finsh coins.</p><p>It's a value add for (for many) collectors as these type coins are included in special mint sets for collectors and as far as I know no one asked for them though I could be wrong about that I don't remember.</p><p>Sometimes it's a value add sometimes it's a bother because as you ask "are we supposed to have all the different ones to have a complete set"?</p><p>In this case since 2005 anyway it's sort of a mute point (for set collectors) that obtain both mint and proof sets as they will have, in this case all the satin finsh coins by buying the mint sets.</p><p>What they won't have is regular "mint set" type coins for those years because they do not exist.</p><p>I personally do not like them because they are struck weaker and don't have the crisp die strike of a freashly minted EDS (early die state) type coin IMO. They do have a frost (finished surface) that many love.</p><p>One more thing, satin finish is not new as it relates to 2005 thru 2009. They were minted on single issues in 1997 and 1994 Nickel and in the past with special proofs in the late thirties and during the first few years of Lincoln's in the teens. Many SMS (special mint sets) in 1965, 66, and 67 contained coins that could easily be called satin finish although they were not manufactored as such as far as I know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 831904, member: 16510"]Those are really not the reasons. The goal is to make a different finsh type coin thats all. Like all mint set and proof set coins, satin finish really is just a method of manufactoring and not a grade. Dies are different, planchets are selected and press are dedicated for the striking of satin finsh coins. It's a value add for (for many) collectors as these type coins are included in special mint sets for collectors and as far as I know no one asked for them though I could be wrong about that I don't remember. Sometimes it's a value add sometimes it's a bother because as you ask "are we supposed to have all the different ones to have a complete set"? In this case since 2005 anyway it's sort of a mute point (for set collectors) that obtain both mint and proof sets as they will have, in this case all the satin finsh coins by buying the mint sets. What they won't have is regular "mint set" type coins for those years because they do not exist. I personally do not like them because they are struck weaker and don't have the crisp die strike of a freashly minted EDS (early die state) type coin IMO. They do have a frost (finished surface) that many love. One more thing, satin finish is not new as it relates to 2005 thru 2009. They were minted on single issues in 1997 and 1994 Nickel and in the past with special proofs in the late thirties and during the first few years of Lincoln's in the teens. Many SMS (special mint sets) in 1965, 66, and 67 contained coins that could easily be called satin finish although they were not manufactored as such as far as I know.[/QUOTE]
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