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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ClairHardesty, post: 1305723, member: 34169&quot;]I am not sure if there is any way to tell if a coin was minted using a burnished planchet or not. Burnishing mainly reduces planchet surface flaws that might make it through striking and show up on the finished coin. It doesn&#039;t really supply the surface texture of the minted coin. It would make for generally nicer bullion strikes but I don&#039;t think you can distinguish it on a single coin. The main things that make uncirculated coins different are the die treatment and the post strike handling (which these bullions might have received).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Take a look at <a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=74013" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=74013" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=74013</a> to see my coin.</p><p>Here is a direct link to my coin in its PCGS &quot;not an error&quot; slab: <a href="http://forums.about.com/n/docs/docDownload.ashx?webtag=ab-coins&amp;guid=cc9c5686-9156-498a-9321-6fea4a8040bc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.about.com/n/docs/docDownload.ashx?webtag=ab-coins&amp;guid=cc9c5686-9156-498a-9321-6fea4a8040bc" rel="nofollow">http://forums.about.com/n/docs/docDownload.ashx?webtag=ab-coins&amp;guid=cc9c5686-9156-498a-9321-6fea4a8040bc</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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