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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 833067, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;d try it if I could Ben - but I don&#039;t have the coins to compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said I have looked at thousands and thousands of them as well- and I could certainly never see any differnce. And I know ofno one else who can tell the difference either.</p><p><br /></p><p>You say - </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Now I forgot to add it&#039;s Lincoln Memorials from mint sets only that I&#039;m talking about&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>OK - then from what years ? The reason I ask Ben is because it has only been in recent years - from the late &#039;80&#039;s or early &#039;90s, cladking or Conder can probably tell us the exact year but I forget - that Mint Set coins did not come straight out of the business strike hopper. So I know you can&#039;t tell any difference in those because there isn&#039;t any.</p><p><br /></p><p>And even since then, yes the Mint Set coins were struck on special presses with higher pressures than business strikes. And they were washed by the mint. But other than that, they used the same dies and the same planchets - no special preparation on the planchets or dies - that were used to strike business strikes. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I don&#039;t see how there <u>could be</u> any difference in the finish of the Mint Set coins and business strikes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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