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<p>[QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 832155, member: 19855"]bh3prd:</p><p> </p><p>You were greatly helpful in the explaination provided. I knew it wasn't a grade and was more of a production formatting, but as to the exact mechanisms I was clueless. I also didn't realize multiple other years utilized the satin, though I was aware of the matte finish. I'm still going to go with, unless someone can cite otherwise, that the mint is utilizing the finish to produce more of a cosmetic appeal to the collectible products, though I'm sure there are other reasons I'm simply missing or have yet to encounter.</p><p> </p><p>Duke:</p><p> </p><p>I'm sure that a more strenuous collector would say yes, collect all finishes, but I think I have made up my mind not to. Just doesn't seem worth the effort and in my mind there is little difference except for the detail provided. Simply put, I like to find the coin with the sharpest detail in an effort to gain an appreciation of what the artist was trying to portray. I'm taking a similar approach with the presidential dollars I continue to collect...no sense in collecting both Type I and II varieties because as a whole it doesn't affect the nature of what I look for in the collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 832155, member: 19855"]bh3prd: You were greatly helpful in the explaination provided. I knew it wasn't a grade and was more of a production formatting, but as to the exact mechanisms I was clueless. I also didn't realize multiple other years utilized the satin, though I was aware of the matte finish. I'm still going to go with, unless someone can cite otherwise, that the mint is utilizing the finish to produce more of a cosmetic appeal to the collectible products, though I'm sure there are other reasons I'm simply missing or have yet to encounter. Duke: I'm sure that a more strenuous collector would say yes, collect all finishes, but I think I have made up my mind not to. Just doesn't seem worth the effort and in my mind there is little difference except for the detail provided. Simply put, I like to find the coin with the sharpest detail in an effort to gain an appreciation of what the artist was trying to portray. I'm taking a similar approach with the presidential dollars I continue to collect...no sense in collecting both Type I and II varieties because as a whole it doesn't affect the nature of what I look for in the collection.[/QUOTE]
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