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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 46490, member: 112"]To answer your question - is it nothing but hype ? That's all it is - hype, it's marketing at its best. </p><p><br /></p><p>And what makes it so successful is the play on words - for there really is such a thing as a first strike. The Mint has first strike ceremonies all the time where the present the first coin struck in a given series to somebody.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in reality, not many collectors would even want a genuine first strike, for typically they are low quality coins and most go into the reject hopper. You need to strike a few to get the new dies seated properly, to adjust the strike pressure and generally just make sure everything is working properly. It may take 3 - 6 or a dozen coins to get to that point.</p><p><br /></p><p>So like with most things in this hobby, it is a little bit of knowledge, or a total lack of it, along with misinformation - that causes too many collectors to fall prey to a marketing campaign.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 46490, member: 112"]To answer your question - is it nothing but hype ? That's all it is - hype, it's marketing at its best. And what makes it so successful is the play on words - for there really is such a thing as a first strike. The Mint has first strike ceremonies all the time where the present the first coin struck in a given series to somebody. But in reality, not many collectors would even want a genuine first strike, for typically they are low quality coins and most go into the reject hopper. You need to strike a few to get the new dies seated properly, to adjust the strike pressure and generally just make sure everything is working properly. It may take 3 - 6 or a dozen coins to get to that point. So like with most things in this hobby, it is a little bit of knowledge, or a total lack of it, along with misinformation - that causes too many collectors to fall prey to a marketing campaign.[/QUOTE]
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