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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;usmc60, post: 2735231, member: 76739&quot;]It&#039;s been noted that proof dies cannot be used because of the mint mark I will totally agree with that.</p><p>That only leaves us with circulated dies being the culprit.Truthfully about these coins, is that I found them in bankrolls, and they exhibit a extremely polished luster.</p><p>None of us can say when exactly that coin went through the coinage press. And definitely cannot say that it is a first strike. I admit I had wrong definition for first strike coin. Some of the rolls you get from the bank you would not be able to tell when that coinage left the mint to be qualified for a first strike.</p><p>Even though the boxes that I pick up sometimes. I know that that coinage left the mint and went to the Federal Reserve in Miami, then to the brinks rolling company to be distributed out to banks.</p><p>But then again I do not know when that coinage left the mint. So I cannot say if this is first-steke coinage. None of us knows.</p><p>The only coin I will swear to in a court of law is a first-strke coin according to Numismatic definition would be this coin[ATTACH=full]623166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]623167[/ATTACH] Now you say USMC60 how can you swear that this is a first strike coin.First I ordered it from the mint the day it went on sale, second it was in my hands within three weeks after I ordered it, so it falls into the first strike definition.[ATTACH=full]623168[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now for all my fans out there who thinks this old Marine has fallen off his rocker again.</p><p>I am going to say these coins that I&#039;m finding could possibly be the first minute of production or even five minutes I&#039;m not sure how long it takes for that die to heat up. I believe these are cold strike coins. USMC60[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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