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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2090252, member: 29751&quot;]By 2010 most issues were ruined with this laser-etching method of frosting.&nbsp; Below are the images from my post back in 2012 on the NGC forums that [USER=36248]@geekpryde[/USER] linked above.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current quarters are (IMO) the absolute worst offenders. They are beyond hideous. I didn&#039;t show the proof presidential dollars, but all of them have been made with this laser etching. According to some information from Roger W. Burdette, experimentation with the process began around 2002, and according to John Baumgart (messydesk) the 2006 ASE proofs were the first coins to exhibit this laser-etch finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>2006: Silver Eagle</p><p>2007: Presidential Dollars</p><p>2009: Washington Quarters</p><p>2010: Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Five Cent, Roosevelt Dime, Kennedy Half</p><p>2011: Native American Dollars </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on close-up investigation it seems that the mint was doing something differently even with the sandblasting technique starting in 2007. I&#039;d have to use my true macro imaging setup to look at these very up close and personal -- true macro as in more like what most people think of as microscopic!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Cent_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Nickel_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Dime_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Quarter_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Half_BW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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