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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scsterry, post: 4473435, member: 103628&quot;]Yes, they are labeled with the &quot;P&quot; mint mark in parenthases, denoting it as being struck from somewhere OTHER than the mint mark, or lack of, location.</p><p>I love my ASE&#039;s. I am trying to collect the coins like this one, that were minted somewhere other than they were supposed to have been.</p><p>I do agree with the majority of you that &quot;First Day of Issues&quot; and other designations like that, are useless. Only company&#039;s or very wealthy people could possibly afford to buy a large quantity and have them shipped directly to a TPGer just to get that designation on the label.</p><p>&nbsp; Now that I think about it a little bit more, it may actually have an up side. When a single mint location can put out tens of millions of coins, these &quot;First Day / Week / Month of Issues&quot; imply some sort of rarity, which would be otherwise impossible to find. It may actually draw new comers into the hobby. If you&#039;re new, you may see one of these coins as unique or rare, and it only costs.... After all, most, if not all of us collectors are looking for something that WE perceive as rare. That&#039;s why we collect the most beautiful, undamaged, or whatever else that motivates us to squint into an eye piece, looking for just the right coin.</p><p>&nbsp; I think as long as no one is being taken advantage of, lied to or being sold a counterfeit coin, if some of the designations that imply rarity draw more people into the hobby, then it cant be all bad then.</p><p>Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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