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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howboutatrade, post: 2065875, member: 10387&quot;]Okay...the mint had a late product in 2014...the Coin Discovery Set.&nbsp; It contains three coins (all Kennedy Half Dollars) and is teaching young collectors about Numismatics.&nbsp; According to the set, the three finishes on the Kennedy Half Dollars are the Proof (San Francisco), the Uncirculated (Philadelphia), and the Circulated (Denver).</p><p><br /></p><p>So in a brand new set, with a fully uncirculated circulated quality coin, can even an expert from this forum tell the difference in finish between the Uncirculated and Circulated coin in the set?</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, is this set being provided to young collectors confusing, as the uncirculated circulated quality coin would still grade as a high MS coin from any expert or TPG?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The set comes with gloves, and a magnifier....so they expect the coins to be evaluated in detail, or even broken out of the set and inspected.&nbsp; How would a new collector (or anyone for that matter) tell the difference between the Uncirculated and Circulated finish in the set?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a confusing set to release as a introduction into coins as it trys to demonstrate a difference (which there is one in manufacturing) that is not visible as a numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or am I missing something...it is late.&nbsp; Maybe they are trying to show how a great coin from circulation strikes can be as nice as an uncirculated coin from sets????[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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