Mint sets?

holadude

I got my mint sets on Saturday, but I fail to see what the satin finish is? They look like regular coins to me. Any thoughts?

ormandh

You have to open the cases and touch the coins. You can really feel the difference. -Dan

Trinketts

It doesn't say anything about them being satin finish this year in the description... Franky I would be happy if they didn't do the satin finish at all on the mint sets.

mfcobra

The sets are definitely satin finish...just like last year and will be from now on.

RickMilauskas

You have to open the cases and touch the coins. You can really feel the difference. -Dan

Some people also prefer to taste the satin finish.

aficionado

Last year some coins seemed to 'have' more satin than others. Could be the case this year.

I haven't seen this years yet.

holadude

I rubbed one hoping for a genie to pop out, but instead, the devil popped out! They've been mislabled, should be called Satan finish.

carl

<< <i>You have to open the cases and touch the coins. You can really feel the difference. -Dan

Some people also prefer to taste the satin finish. >>



I don't believe that there is enough difference in taste from the satin finish to the proof coins to really notice. Nor from a regular mint coin to the satin finish. However, from a well circulated coin to the satin finish there is a great deal of difference.
And one more thing I noticed is if you scratch any of them with a file they will all leave the same mark.

hootchiegirl

If they don't have enough satin I always use that minwax polyeurathane of the satin variety....but don't use the glossy, it just messes the coins up royally

Sotty

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LUNETIST

Did the Denver mint stop putting the spec card in with the set? Got mine today and has no card in it, also the denver ones look more non satin than the Philadelphi. Anybody notice ?

tmot99

I think they are supposed to be satin. However, the set I broke up for my Danscos appears to be split. The P mint looks satin where parts of the D mint look like circ coins.

Conder101

Sounds just like last year where the so called satin finish was so variable that it can't be consistantly told from the regular business strike finish. Even the grading services can't always tell. For at least a while last year NGC would only slab a coin as satin finish if it was submitted in the original govenment packaging. (I don't know if they ever changed that policy or not. If they did they probably slabbed a lot of mint set coins as regular finish and regular business strikes as satin finish.)

cladking

The only difference in the old mint set coin production and the new is that
the dies are chromium plated now. This has a dramatic effect on the appear-
ance of the coins in most cases. But there are numerous variables in striking
that can make it much more difficult to see these differences. There is also a
variable amount of plating and a variable amount worn off. Some dies may be
not plated at all inadvertantly.

Every year there are numerous different appearances to the coinage. Since
1986 the mint has been striking some one cent coins that appear to be branch
mint proofs. There has long been a lot of variation in the mint output and one
has to suspect that some of it is intentional.

JNADAD

Anybody have a website that is a good resource for mint sets? I'm looking for total mintage and variety info.
Thanks

cladking

<< <i>Anybody have a website that is a good resource for mint sets? I'm looking for total mintage and variety info.
Thanks >>



There is no such site for sets. This is extremely incomplete but is a start.