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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1859584, member: 112"]They started on day one. Prior to 2000 the business strike ASE's were minted in Philly. Starting in 2000 the coins were minted at West Point (The Millennium Sets COA even stated the coins were struck at West Point) but they had no mint marks on them. But it became common knowledge very quickly, so quickly that ICG even labeled their slabs as such putting the W in parentheses (W) to indicate that the coins were minted at West Point. It was a huge marketing ploy, and the mint loved it because collectors bought them like hot cakes. Answers are debatable depending on who you ask. Some think yes some think no. But I think there is little doubt that the mint was well aware of what the reaction of collectors would be and did what they did quite deliberately. They're out there, in huge numbers. But to 90-95% of the numismatic community all of the American Eagle coins in any form or mint mark are nothing but chunks of bullion. So not all that many shops bother to stock them, well, other than the regular business strikes.[/QUOTE]