Hi all. I've heard that all mint sets produced from 2005-2010 contain satin finish coins. I recently was gifted this little "flip-pack," and although I don't have a picture of mine, I found one on the internet because it works for my question. Are these little sets made with business strike coins or satin finish coins? https://coinsofamerica.com/american-samoa-quarter-collection/ Thanks, Soren.
Beats the devil out me. The only way you have determining if the coins are 'satin' is to buy an original mint set. Aftermarket stuff is questionable. I can't sometimes tell the difference between business strike and satin....
I don't know if it will help, the satin finish is applied after coin is struck. , If they were removed from mint sets than it is, but I don't know, I took a pic of not satin, and verified satin on the Right. hard to tell the burnished is not as shiney. They did not promote it as burnished or satin so they may have taken them from mint rolls? oops
Interesting! Thanks for that comparison. I think I just truthfully haven''t seen enough satin finishes to tell the difference.
They say the quarters are "Uncirculated" on the pack, but hard to know if that means business or satin finishes.
Probably easier to tell in person, MS coins fresh from rolls are more shiney, burnishing takes the shine off some, then they call it satin.
Just my opinion is its cheaper to find an 09 auction with no reserve and buy the whole set. get like 14.50 in mint coins, plus the copper lincolns p and D and the satin one of everything. expect to pay around 30$ I got lucky, seen one the guy was taking offers, I offered/ purchased 2 for 24 each. opened one and separated, one in storage.
Since this is a re-packaged, third-party offering, I would bet a glazed donut they are BU business strikes. One could buy 100-piece rolls or bags for $32.95 from the Mint in 2010, while a satin-finish Unc Set cost $27.95 and contained only 10 quarters (2 of each design). They bought 100 piece bags, put 2 in a slick package, and sell it for $5.45. A quick comparison with a shiny new quarter received in change would probably show them to be the same finish.
Thanks guys. Everything you all said is extremely helpful and useful information. I'm going to have to say theyre bu business strikes because theyre quite shiny and don't quite look sandblasted. Nice! I think I have some from around 2007ish?
