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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1990431, member: 15929&quot;]As far as I know, the uncirculated silver IKE&#039;s only received a single strike AND since the copper nickel clad planchets were much harder than the 40% Silver/Copper coins, a similar striking pressure &quot;could&quot; have been used with dramatically different results.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a side note, the 1971-S Silver Uncirculated coins were loaded into bags for shipment to the packagers while 1972-S and later 40% Silver Coins were loaded into tubes. This accounts for the beat up look that most 71-S Coins have over the other years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, a higher relief die was used for the 40% Silver coins from 1972 - 1976.</p><p><br /></p><p>The distinction you are attempting to make is the same difference between calling a coin &quot;uncirculated&quot; when its pulled from a cash drawer in that the term &quot;uncirculated&quot; implies &quot;where&quot; the coin has been and not how it was manufactured.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of the opinion that PCGS takes the stance that if the US Mint refers to the coins as Uncirculated, then they belong in the circulation sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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