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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 2054815, member: 307&quot;]My suggestion is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the coin was struck on a planchet originally intended for proof coinage (prepared for such striking by polishing and upsetting) but sent to Denver due to lack of buyers. (The 99 Proof SBAs were struck at Philly)</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1999 SBAs were only struck because of a perceived need for them by the US Mint. Perhaps once the Proof supplies were satisfied, the rest were struck as business strikes?</p><p><br /></p><p>I do realize that my supposition is far-fetched, but it makes (some) sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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