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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1886392, member: 24633&quot;]It could be one of two things:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The coin was struck through thin layers of grease and debris.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Since this is one of the years of the Satin Mint Sets, it could be that it is a coin struck for circulation on worn SMS dies. One thing I noticed in the first year of production (2005) was that the SQ bags I ordered from the Mint had a great number of coins that looked like this. I could only conclude that the SMS dies did not stand up to the constant pounding and then had to be re-polished in some areas so that they could prolong their useful life as circulation dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, it came as no surprise to me that the SMS program did not last that long, and I think this probably became a major factor in that decision.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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