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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 204664, member: 66&quot;]Ever since the mint&nbsp; began using the satin finish it has been very inconsistant.&nbsp; For awhile in 2005 the TPG&#039;s would only grade a coin as Satin if it was submitted in the unopened pliofilm.&nbsp; Even after they droppe that requirement it was often a gamble whether or not coins submitted from mint sets would be labels satin.&nbsp; To add to the confusion a great many circulation strike coins were showing up with better satin finishes than the mint set coins.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Kind of the reverse of the proof sets.&nbsp; 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>

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