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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1724252, member: 37498&quot;]I think at least some of those people believe they do have a good reason.&nbsp; Of course most of those people just don&#039;t understand what the &quot;Early Release&quot; and &quot;First Strike&quot; designations actually mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a reasonable assumption that coins with these designations were given special treatment at the mint, or that they were the first coins struck from new dies.&nbsp; Reasonable enough that the US Mint chose to release a statement addressing them.&nbsp; The reality is that it all comes down to the postmark being within 30 days of release and there&#039;s no way to tell which coins were struck with a brand new die and which ones were struck with a borderline worn out die.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO these designations are nothing more than excellent examples of marketing being strong enough to overpower ethics in business.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be curious if there are any special edition runs where all the coins produced were shipped within a month, making all coins eligible for one of these designations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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