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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
It looks as if finding exceptional P mint sets is going to be the challenge. The Denvers in my set are stellar compared to the rubbed up, nicked Phillys.
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
I received my 2007 mint set yesterday. The new packaging is very nice. My Denver coins are very nice but the Phil coins leave alot to be desired.
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
Fed ex guy said he was here yesterday with my order. I ordered Mon. morning. Got an e-mail, yesterday, saying they shipped. As fast as Coin Vault, now  |
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
I received an email tuesday saying they were shipped, hopefully I will get them today. ordered 3 sets... can't wait  maybe one of the phillys will look good  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
595 Posts |
There's one other aspect of the new packaging that I like -- the coins are all straight up and down. The ones of previous years in the cellophane are rotated every which way.  Jan |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
I received my 3 mint sets today. I agree the quality of the Denver sets are much better than Philly. I also like them raised so I can see the edge lettering but think they could have done a little better. Also they don't shake rattle and roll in these cases which is a plus. only 1 coin out of all 3 sets is rotated. Overall I'm pretty happy with them |
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
I got my set. One set (Philly) has the corner of the packaging broken. Should I try to get it replaced by the mint since I don't normally break the sets?
Fatcat
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
Fatcat, me personally, I would look into sending it back. especially if thats the only set you got. I bought 3 so if one was messed up, thats the one I would break up. but if I bought just one to keep as a set I wouldnt be too happy with a broken package.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
651 Posts |
Just got my second set today in the mail today and it's consistent with everyone else that the Philly coins were shabby with a little rub and the dime wasn't even seated right in the holder. The Denver coins were much better.
Guess I got lucky with the first set.
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Valued Member
United States
128 Posts |
Can anyone tell if the Pres. Dollars have the "satin finish" of the rest of the coins. Mine appear to not be "satin finished" but regular business strikes.
any opinions?
thanks
Bryan
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Pillar of the Community
United States
673 Posts |
Brian, I thought mine looked a bit too much like a business strike at first also. When I looked at the edges of the coins I knew they were not business strike because the edges were not all chewed up like the business strikes are. The letters are all nice and deep , and the smooth areas are very smooth. After looking at them side by side with business strikes the finish should be apparent, although maybe worn dies can make the finish more smooth.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The mint has had a problem with consistently making sure all the mint set coins have their satin finish ever since they started them in 2005 The "Satin Finish" seems to be rather delicate on the dies and it quickly deteriorates back down to a normal business strike finish. However the mint set coin ARE struck much better than the typical business strike. For that reason many people search the mint sets for those coins that DON'T have the satin finish and submit them to the grading services trying to pass them off as top quality business strikes (and often succeeding.) Why? Because due to their good strikes a MS-69 SMS coin is fairly common. But a MS-69 BUSINESS strike is not and will bring a high price. A MS-68 non-satin finish SMS coin, if the graders don't catch it, will come back as a MS-69 business strike.
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United States
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Member
United States
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From 1965 Philly coin are always the bottom of the barrel of the US Mints  . they don't care it seam like  But in the 50s+ mid 60s they were the cream of the crop!  |
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