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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1793557, member: 68&quot;]&quot;Everything&quot; is different with mint set coins.&nbsp; Dies are changed frequently so they&#039;re always new and the coins are struck more slowly and under higher pressure.&nbsp; Many of the planchets are polished and many of the dies are basined.&nbsp; Some dies recieve other treatment like frosting.&nbsp; All mint set coins are washed and dried. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But, they aren&#039;t necessarily superior to regular issue strikes and some are just mangled in the process.&nbsp; Like 99% of the &#039;80-D mint set half dollars have shallow scrapes. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As a rule if you want a Gem modern looking in mint sets is like shooting fish in a barrel while finding them in the wild can be impossible. About 2% of mint set coins are Gem and about .05% of regular issues are Gem.&nbsp; The problem is that many of these coins are almost impossible to find in rolls because people didn&#039;t save clad and nickel availability is spotty.&nbsp; Even cents aren&#039;t extremely common for all dates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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