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Pillar of the Community
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What are your thoughts on the satin finish? Why did the mint decide to use this technique? Personally I DO NOT like it. Mint set coins should be BU examples of what you would get in your change, not something totally different.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would agree that is what a mint set is to me, a nice uncirculated set.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's a PITA. I wish it never existed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I go along with that. I'd like the Mint sets to represent what is being used, not something entirely different.
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Pillar of the Community
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Totally agree, satin finish is not representative of circulating coinage; won't be buying any!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think the mint came out with satin coins for the mint sets, because they
had so many complaints to the quality of coins in the uncirculated coins.
The satin coins were much better quality coins than what they had before.
I liked the satin coins because
- The quality was much better, which made it easier to put a high grade
P and D mint coin into my Dansco.
- Because they came only in the mint sets, they have a much lower mintage
then regular business strike coins.
Because of these resons I think long term they will have a much higher
value then regular business strikes. I like to collect coins that have
a better chance to increase in value.
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I did not care for them. I collect from circulation. I also collect proofs (by buying the annual proof sets and cracking them). My Dansco albums have holes to accommodate my chosen collection strategy. If I had problems finding a coin in circulation (or it was not released for circulation, like the 1973 P&D Eisenhower dollars or the 1970-D/1987 P&D Kennedy half dollars), then I knew the mint sets would back me up. The satin finish posed a problem, The satin finish was, in reality, a third type that Dansco does not (yet) recognize. If I wanted to be a totally complete, I would have to collect the satin finish in addition to the coins I pull from circulation and the coins I break from the proof sets. However, I have chosen to ignore their existence. Now for someone that build their collection from mint and proof sets, at Gold Rush does, then the satin finish were probably a good idea. I do not fault them for that. I also feel they have every right to be upset that the program is over. |
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I'm not really a completing-a-set kind of guy, so personally, my only complaint is that the SF makes scratches on coins stand out more, like in my 2010 mint set. Other than that I didn't really care about them either.
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Not too big of a fan but I do like it better than the quality of my proof set.
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United States
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Some of my Kennedy halves are satin finish since they came from mint sets originally, others are not. I admit that it looks a bit odd in my Dansco but I choose not to sweat it. I can definitely see why some would treat it as another variety, though. I like to collect from circulation as well but these last few years with the practically invisible 2009-2011 quarters, and the even more invisible Prez-dollars (and Sacs too), I'm forced more and more to rely on mint sets. |
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I have in hand a set of the 2010 and 2011 quarters, and in full daylight the differences between the satin and brilliant finishes are almost nil. Under lights the differences become immediately apparent, but still most collectors probably didn't realize there was a difference between the circulating coinage and the mint set or just didn't care. The differences are minor enough that the album makers are unlikely to differentiate between the two finishes. The brilliant finish is vastly superior to the vapor blasted cameo surfaces of the proofs. An example of this: the armor plating of the USS Cairo on the Vicksburg quarter is obscured on the proof, and finely detailed to the naked eye on the unc.
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I fell into it in 2005 and bought a couple. Then ordered 7 more that are still in the sealed Mint box
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Posted 08/23/2011 12:55 am
