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btc624 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 10/02/2007 11:32 pm i have checked the glossary and I am still unclear about this term. I know it can have multiple meanings so I will try to clarify what I am asking. when I go on ebay I see modern coins from the mint that state burnished in regards to silver eagles, gold eagles etc the date in question are 2006 & 2007, Is this a special process done at the mint? what exactly does this process do for the coin itself? Report this Post to the Staff

Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 12:23 am Starting in 2006, the U.S. mint produced an uncirculated version of the ASE. This ASE was the first uncirculated eagle to have the W mint mark on it. Up until 2006, all uncirculated eagles did not have a mint mark. The only eagles to have the W mint mark were the proof versions. In 2006 the mint called these new uncirculated eagles with W mint marks, Burnished ASE. The Mint sold them directly to the public with a premium. These were continued this year. This process is done at the U.S. mint in West Point. There really isn't anything special about these coins, except the mint mark. Report this Post to the Staff
Andrew289 Valued Member United States 470 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 09:32 am The uncirculated coins that the mint sells off their website are special versions of the bullion coins that the Mint realeases each January. The difference is that each coin will feature the W mint mark and will be struck on a burnished blank (planchet). Often times, when placed side by side both the W unc issue and the regular bullion issue are indistinquishable except for the mint mark. The existance of the mint mark on the W unc series is precisely what makes them special. It also identifies then as having a significantly lower mintage that the non-mintmarked bullion version. The special process is not done at the mint. It's done by the company that prepares the blanks. When the blanks are delivered to the mint they are ready to strike. Edited by Andrew289 10/03/2007 09:34 am Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 1:18 pm I have one thing to add, before this the mint didn't sell directly to the consumers, they would send it to big dealers who would in turn supply the smaller dealers who would supply the investors/collectors with the bullion coins Report this Post to the Staff
kenny_1745 Valued Member United States 239 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 9:14 pm They are called 'burnished' because the blanks are burnished with steel beads. Report this Post to the Staff
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