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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 836020, member: 68&quot;]This is no doubt in reference to cents.&nbsp; Quarter dies are swapped out much faster.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes.&nbsp; You can find mint set dies reused to run regular coinage.&nbsp; I believe most of these dies have been reused including the SMS dies.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe these account for the PL&#039;s in circulation however because most all PL&#039;s are struck from new dies.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not higher pressure alone.&nbsp; It might be mostly higher pressure accounting for the close grained surfaces but lower speeds is important to achieving die-fill.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will limit this responce to post 1964 coins.&nbsp; All regular mint sets have been struck by higher pressures and lower speeds.&nbsp; There are dozens of other little &quot;niceties&quot; which have been used on some or all of a date to improve the appearance of the coins.&nbsp; The 3pc&nbsp; &#039;76 sets packaged in an envelope with a white stripe were struck as mint set coins.&nbsp; That&#039;s it.&nbsp; Other coins struck were just pulled off of regular production runs.&nbsp; This means a lot of coins but I&#039;m mostly thinking of the souvenir sets.&nbsp; These are not mint set quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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