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InfiniteInterest Pillar of the Community United States 673 Posts	Posted 10/23/2007 7:24 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 10/26/2007 08:26 am 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. Report this Post to the Staff
bryanb1 Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 10/28/2007 02:34 am thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 10/28/2007 03:21 am 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! Report this Post to the Staff
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