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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 283937, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s both to me.&nbsp; It&#039;s good because it means there are a lot more high quality coins.&nbsp; They not only plated the dies but are taking more steps to ensure quality and the plating itself makes the dies wear more slowly so strikes are even better.&nbsp; It&#039;s good in other ways as well such as in allowing most collectors to see what really high quality coins look like.&nbsp; It may lead some to try to get all their coins in nice condition and this would be good for me from a financial perspective. It&#039;s good because when people in the future look back at these they&#039;ll be reminded of the good things about our era.&nbsp; Others will see an age where we could at least make nice coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s bad inasmuch as now there is more effort required to keep up with your collections if you want the business strike as well.&nbsp; These are often horribly made so collectors will have to do lots more work or spend more money to locate the coins.&nbsp; It&#039;s very bad in that it removes the best source for circulation issues of the past two generations.&nbsp; It was always so easy to just look through a few mint sets to find a nice gem.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Overall it&#039;s good for me as a promoter and investor but bad for me as a collector.&nbsp; If it were my decision I don&#039;t think it would have happened because the long term consequences will outweigh the short term gains.&nbsp; I do think the jury is still out though and this thing could be good for the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some collectors will simply not differentiate between the two versions and will probably end up with mostly satin finish coins.&nbsp; There will be a higher attrition on these sets so intact sets could gain a premium quite rapidly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ll just have to wait and see how it plays out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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