Difference Between Quarter Mint Sets

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bzookaj Pillar of the Community United States 587 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 9:05 pm What is the difference between the circulating coin set https://catalog.usmint.gov/america-...et-18AC.html and the uncirculated coin set? https://catalog.usmint.gov/america-...et-18AA.html Packaging? Report this Post to the Staff

ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 10:36 pm Looks like the cheaper ones are the same ones you can pick up at FV at your bank (assuming they get them) & the others are the matte finish they use in the unc sets. (& packaging also) Edited by ratman4762 12/09/2018 10:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/10/2018 10:52 am The coins in the circulating coin set come off the normal production line. Coins made for circulation. The uncirculated coins in all US mint sets are made differently. They are stuck with higher pressure and at a slower speed. They are then handled more carefully than regular production coins. I buy a circulating coin set every year to fill my "found in circulation" ATB album because I was not finding them in circulation. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Bret Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 12/10/2018 3:19 pm Unfortunately the coins in the mint sets are not prevented from contacting each other. For what we pay, this shouldn't be the case. Still, they almost always look better than what can be pulled from circulation. I don't find the difference between the two enough to warrant collecting both types. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/10/2018 4:58 pm Quote: Unfortunately the coins in the mint sets are not prevented from contacting each other. Yup. The "more carefully" is relative to the normal production line. On the handling continuum between those and proof strikes, the mint set coins are closer to the former. Quote: I don't find the difference between the two enough to warrant collecting both types. I agree. I think it is more marketing than anything significant to most collectors. This is why we had that satin finish fiasco from 2005 to 2010, so they could add a weightier "special blanks" to the list of differences. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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