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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 688371, member: 16510&quot;]<b>It does not matter these are not coins they</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It does not matter these are not coins they are hunks of silver, gold and platinum made by the U.S. mint to resemble coins.</p><p>I do not even think they would have placed a denomenation on them had it not been the law to do so.</p><p>Now don&#039;t get me wrong - they are beautiful and I think owning them is great but they are not coins in the practicable sense of things IMO.</p><p>They should not be graded - they are all perfect for the type.&nbsp; It is unfair to grade these with the same standard as working circulated type coins.&nbsp; They are not made the same, intended for the same use, packadged for, or delivered the same, charged for the same - that goes for proof coins as well.</p><p>I really believe I could argue succesfully in a court of law that these are not coins &quot;in the most commonly understood&quot; scheme of things.</p><p>I have never viewed them as coins and I bet if you are really honest with yourself - you don&#039;t either.&nbsp; They are chunks of precious metal and that is their most thought about use.</p><p>The same thing goes for all proof and commems except in the rare case that they have been circulated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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