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If I have this straight... Burnished with mint mark is sold to collectors. Uncirculated with no mint mark were only sold to distributors as bullion (you had to buy from them, not mint). Proof with mint mark also sold direct to collectors. |
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Quote:If I have this straight... Burnished with mint mark is sold to collectors. Uncirculated with no mint mark were only sold to distributors as bullion (you had to buy from them, not mint). Proof with mint mark also sold direct to collectors. You nailed it. The mint only sells the bullion ones to authorized distributors but the mint mark numismatic versions anyone can buy |
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This is Uncirculated with a Mint mark of W? Not sure where my mother bought this from. She usually bought from Littleton Coin in NH. If that sheds light.
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This is my 2007 Bullion Coin with the West Point mint mark   |
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To clarify - the two coins that you have posted now, the 1st is a burnished and the 2nd is a proof.
There is a 3rd option. It is the regular uncirculated bullion coin. That would not have the mint mark that both of yours have.
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The Mint COA with coin #1 explains all that needs to be known about that burnished ("uncirculated") ASEAs was mentioned previously the 2nd one is a proof. Bullion ASE's do not have mint marks Coin #1 sells for between $25-35 raw Coin #2 for $35-45 Edited by Foxwoods Man
10/18/2018 06:27 am
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Quote:I'm confused on this ...In the list here.. https://www.coincommunity.com/us_silver_eagles/ Shows 2007 AES W as Burnished or Proof. The Mint doesn't officially call the uncirculated ASEs with W mint mark "burnished", so you won't find a COA indicating the condition as burnished. As you can see on the COA photo you provided, the Mint just calls these coins uncirculated (versus proof, which would be indicated on the COA for the other coin that you posted). The Mint actually uses burnished (i.e., polished) planchets for striking both the proof and uncirculated ASEs sold directly by the Mint to the public, but not for the bullion ASEs they sell only to bullion dealers. From the Mint's website, Quote:
The term "uncirculated" refers to the specialized minting process used to create these coins. Although they are similar in appearance to American Eagle Bullion Coins, uncirculated quality coins are distinguished by the presence of a mint mark, indicating their production facility, and by the use of burnished coin blanks, which are hand-fed into specially adapted coining presses one at a time. and Quote:
The term "proof" refers to a specialized minting process that begins by manually feeding burnished coin blanks into presses fitted with special dies. Each coin is struck multiple times so the softly frosted, yet detailed images seem to float above a mirror-like field. What REALLY makes all of this confusing is the recent industry practice of indicating the bullion ASE production facility in (). IMHO, without the actual coin in hand, this can easily be confused as a mintmark indication. Edited by BadDog
10/18/2018 12:59 pm
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the Mint just calls these coins uncirculated Yup...I guess to differentiate them from all those circulating ASE's  |
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There has been at least one or two.  |
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Like my lucky 2007-W pocket piece?
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Sure, I say that counts. To be fair, I was thinking of this one. Also, hcmusicguy has mentioned his finding a 1995 ASE (c. 2014) in many topics. |
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Thanks for the clarification! Much appreciated.
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Posted 10/17/2018 3:43 pm
