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parkquarters Valued Member United States 442 Posts	Posted 12/17/2010 5:02 pm One less variety (0: Report this Post to the Staff
lukkyseven Pillar of the Community United States 880 Posts	Posted 12/18/2010 08:03 am I think they're ugly looking. Not hurting my feelings any Report this Post to the Staff
clairhardesty Pillar of the Community United States 1027 Posts	Posted 12/18/2010 12:20 pm The mint itself never fully embraced the satin finish. They were special coins, struck on special planchets, using special presses and forces and then handled as if they were business strikes and put in cheap packaging. If they had struck them twice and individually put them into lenses, they would have been satin proofs. As it was they were some sort of tweener coin with no real home in numismatics, a coin made for collectors, called uncirculated because the mint doesn't know what to call them or how to make up new words, but treated so poorly that even SP69s were rare. Report this Post to the Staff
Manuel Valued Member United States 163 Posts	Posted 12/18/2010 12:25 pm Never seen a satin finish, so I don't really have a genuine opinion on it. Maybe the next time I'm at the coin shop I'll ask to see one. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188596 Posts	Posted 12/19/2010 10:36 pm Quote: Its not that the satin finish is bad but they implemented it part of the way through the State Quarter program and it added another finish to collect in addition to Proofs and Business Strikes. And they have now ended it with one year of the ATB Quarters available in that finish! My opinion? Good riddance! I will not miss you. I can now continue collecting from circulation knowing that, in a pinch, I can get comparable coins from a mint set. Or can I... Quote: My only concern is that it is not clear that the mint is returning to simply pulling business strikes from normal production to make uncirculated sets going forward. If they do that then I am OK with it. If they continue to use special planchets (just not satin finish) and mint them on special presses at elevated forces then I have a real issue with the whole thing... 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
penny man Pillar of the Community United States 659 Posts	Posted 12/19/2010 10:42 pm Goodbye and good riddance to satin finish. Report this Post to the Staff
Johnny1328 Valued Member United States 268 Posts	Posted 12/20/2010 5:29 pm I wont mis the satin finish in the mint sets, I couldnt tell the difference between the to types anyway. Here is one of each Kennedy 2005 P one is satin finsih the other business strike. Report this Post to the Staff
captainkurt Pillar of the Community United States 1406 Posts	Posted 01/11/2011 10:51 pm I'm confused. Satin finish is definitely NOT done. "United States Mint uncirculated coins are struck on special presses using greater force than circulating coins, producing a sharp, intricately detailed image, and feature the satin finish introduced in 2005. The coins are sealed in a blister and displayed in a folder. One folder contains coins bearing the "P" mint mark and the other contains coins bearing the "D" mint mark." - US Mints' website for the 2011 sets. --sorry, I read it wrong. The satin finish is done for 2011. What is a brilliant finish tho? Will it be different then the business strike coins? Edited by captainkurt 01/12/2011 12:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188596 Posts	Posted 01/12/2011 1:44 pm Quote: What is a brilliant finish tho? Will it be different then the business strike coins? That is the question. It is unknown (to me) whether they will be pulled from the normal business strikes (as they were before 2005) or if they will still be minted in a separate process (as they were since 2005, minus the satin finish planchets). 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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