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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 817147, member: 19065&quot;]Not sure if it&#039;s laziness or common bureaucracy and related politics.</p><p><br /></p><p>The material of the coin planchets (22k in the case of the AGEs being discussed) are the same whether proof or unc, but proof planchets and dies <i>are</i> polished pre-strike, then inserted into the die by hand, handled with gloved hands, struck in the press at least twice and at a slower speed than unc or business strike coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If demand could not be met to produce proof and unc 1 oz. AGEs then adding the three other fractional sizes wouldn&#039;t be possible as it would at least triple the production demands and no amount of marketing was going to make up for that unless a massive premium was levied on both unc and proof collectible coins, in which case they would have still been unobtainable by many many regular customers/collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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