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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1788267, member: 112&quot;]Yeah they might be. Or they might be the very last coins struck in the entire run. And that&#039;s the problem with the designation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The only determining factor used by the TPGs for a coin to qualify for the First Strike designation is that the coins have to have a date stamp on the packaging that falls within the first 30 days of those coins being released.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the mint produces coins months in advance of their actual release date. And during that time the coins are shipped from the mint to packaging centers, and then from the packaging centers to distribution centers, where they sit and wait, all packed up, until the release date arrives. And once the release date arrives, then and only then are the coins shipped out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now nobody at the packaging centers or the distribution centers keeps track of which coins came in first because they don&#039;t care. So even on the very first day the coins are shipped out, those coins could just as easily be among the last struck, the first struck, or anywhere in between.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So the First Strike designation is completely 100% meaningless. The only designation that would have any validity at all would be - Shipped In the First 30 Days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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