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Message:: [QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 393395, member: 9474"]Gabe -First of all, welcome to CT. I think that trying to put together a complete set of ASEs will be challenging but extremely rewarding. I have said before that the ASE series is our generations Morgan dollar. Other than the 95W, all the ASEs are attainable in both proof and UNC.  There have been three mint marks used on the proof ASEs. From the beginning of the series in 1986 the proofs were minted in San Fransisco then switched to Philadelphia in 1993 and as of 2001, West Point. Now, from 1986 - 2005 the ASEs were offered in a bullion type coin. These coins have been minted in Philadelphia, but the later issues were minted at West Point. None of these issues had a MM on them. In 2006, the mint released their three coin proof, reverse proof and Burnished UNC ASE. Both the proof and burnished UNC had the W mint mark and the reverse proof had the P mint mark.  Burnishing is where the coin undergoes a process which results in a matte (dull) finish. This is a very simple explanation, but more detail can be found by searching for this topic on CT.  So since 2006, other than the reverse proof of that year, I collect 3 ASEs to continue my set. These are the Proof, UNC, and Bullion. The "bullion" is UNC, but has no MM on it. I hope this helps. I am sure other members will have other info to add. Joe[/QUOTE]