Compare & Contrast 2006 ASEs

hubird

Good evening. Could you please post some pics, side-by-side, which help compare and contrast 2006 ASE MS bullion coins vs. 2006-W MS ASEs? Thanks much...

hubird

Well, it's been almost 12 hours. Thank you all for making my point. There isn't any difference, ...is there?

FLBuffaloHunter

The 'W' ASE is struck with specially prepared dies and recive special handling which the bullion coin does not.

hubird

Thanks flbh. I just wish I could see a difference. No one has been able to show me the difference between the bullion coin and the 06-W. I know it's supposed to be different, I just can't see it. Of course a banged-up bullion coin is one thing...

BAJJERFAN

One has a W on it, the other doesn't.

hubird

Does "W" stand for "Warketing ploy", and someone got the M inverted?

FLBuffaloHunter

Look at it this way,it's the same as the presidential rolls you get from the mint at a premium over what they sell at the bank for face value despite being exactly the same coins. Aslo many people do not know that the mint does not wrap coins. They ship them to a precessing company to have them wrapped, the same way they ship out the coins for the banks.

hubird

How can you convince old-timers at coin stores that there is no basic difference in the MS ASEs? They are listed oddly/incorrectly in the Redbook, aren't they? Is this what makes some people think there is a difference?

BAJJERFAN

The W would be for winky the only difference that I could see between the two I just looked at was that the 2006-W doesn't have the dullness of luster that the plain 2006 has.