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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4982009, member: 105098&quot;]Hi&nbsp; Peter.</p><p><br /></p><p>It depend&#039;s on the year of the mint set. &quot;MS&quot; is a condition/grade for &quot;mint state&quot;. A mint set is a mint set. </p><p>for some years the mint took better quality business strike coins or first strikes off of die pairs and used them for mint sets.</p><p>Other years they increased die pressure some for stronger strikes on the presses, some years like the mint sets of 2005-2010 they special finished the die with a &quot;satin finish&quot; for the mint sets and ran them at slightly higher pressures for stronger strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking it&#039;s just normally a better condition coin in a mint set but it&#039;s still a &quot;business strike&quot;. Selected at the mint after minting and less handled an banged around in the supply chain, but the mint has switched things up over the years to try to make a better coin for mint sets that collectors will enjoy because if they just pick nice ones, there&#039;s always been complaints from customers that something wasn&#039;t good enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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