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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1463161, member: 24633"]This is just my observation from the first year of the issue, 2005............</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that many of the business strikes, particularly for the half dollars and state quarters, had a very poor finish. They had many "shiny splotches" over the surface of the coins. I suspect that the Mint discovered that the dies for the satin finish coins did not last very long, but still had a useful life. I think they took those worn dies, polished them a bit and used them for business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I thought the implementation of the satin finish for the mint sets was a bad move. It left set collectors wanting business strikes for their sets with no alternative but to search bags and rolls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1463161, member: 24633"]This is just my observation from the first year of the issue, 2005............ I noticed that many of the business strikes, particularly for the half dollars and state quarters, had a very poor finish. They had many "shiny splotches" over the surface of the coins. I suspect that the Mint discovered that the dies for the satin finish coins did not last very long, but still had a useful life. I think they took those worn dies, polished them a bit and used them for business strikes. Personally, I thought the implementation of the satin finish for the mint sets was a bad move. It left set collectors wanting business strikes for their sets with no alternative but to search bags and rolls. Chris[/QUOTE]
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