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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 204664, member: 66"]Ever since the mint began using the satin finish it has been very inconsistant. For awhile in 2005 the TPG's would only grade a coin as Satin if it was submitted in the unopened pliofilm. Even after they droppe that requirement it was often a gamble whether or not coins submitted from mint sets would be labels satin. To add to the confusion a great many circulation strike coins were showing up with better satin finishes than the mint set coins. If fact since a NON-satin finish business strike in top grade will bring a lot more money than a satin finish in the same grade, it is a bit of a cherrypicking thing to search mint sets for top condition pieces that have a poor satin finish and submit them out of the plastic in hopes of getting them slabbed as business strikes and not satin finish mint set coins. Kind of the reverse of the proof sets. With Proofs you look for the ones with the special cameo finish, and with the mint sets you look for the ones without the special finish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 204664, member: 66"]Ever since the mint began using the satin finish it has been very inconsistant. For awhile in 2005 the TPG's would only grade a coin as Satin if it was submitted in the unopened pliofilm. Even after they droppe that requirement it was often a gamble whether or not coins submitted from mint sets would be labels satin. To add to the confusion a great many circulation strike coins were showing up with better satin finishes than the mint set coins. If fact since a NON-satin finish business strike in top grade will bring a lot more money than a satin finish in the same grade, it is a bit of a cherrypicking thing to search mint sets for top condition pieces that have a poor satin finish and submit them out of the plastic in hopes of getting them slabbed as business strikes and not satin finish mint set coins. Kind of the reverse of the proof sets. With Proofs you look for the ones with the special cameo finish, and with the mint sets you look for the ones without the special finish.[/QUOTE]
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