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<p>[QUOTE="iPen, post: 7638206, member: 69760"]Is there a reliable way of finding out if you got a "first strike" for coins ordered from the US Mint? For example, not the marketing term, but rather if we're talking about the 2021 Morgan Dollar "CC" privy mark coins... would the first batch of strikes get sent and postmarked in say early October? </p><p><br /></p><p>Could it be identified by order # (USM#), assuming that the US Mint goes in order by first come, first serve? In which case, hypothetically with a mintage of 175,000 and based on the US Mint's production methods, technology, die quality, etc.... how many of the very first strikes will be considered as "first strike" (or whatever the correct term is to mean the actual first ones to be struck with fresh dies)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless of course, TPGs and other dealers are allowed to get the very first struck coins before everyone else despite the household limit.... I don't think these will be numbered on the COA or anything either...</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iPen, post: 7638206, member: 69760"]Is there a reliable way of finding out if you got a "first strike" for coins ordered from the US Mint? For example, not the marketing term, but rather if we're talking about the 2021 Morgan Dollar "CC" privy mark coins... would the first batch of strikes get sent and postmarked in say early October? Could it be identified by order # (USM#), assuming that the US Mint goes in order by first come, first serve? In which case, hypothetically with a mintage of 175,000 and based on the US Mint's production methods, technology, die quality, etc.... how many of the very first strikes will be considered as "first strike" (or whatever the correct term is to mean the actual first ones to be struck with fresh dies)? Unless of course, TPGs and other dealers are allowed to get the very first struck coins before everyone else despite the household limit.... I don't think these will be numbered on the COA or anything either... Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]
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