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spud

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Jan 17, 2009, 10:53:51 PM1/17/09
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US Mint Coin

The mint is releasing a 2009 ultra high relief double eagle gold coin
condition: business strike
date:2009
mint: west point
mint mark: none
diameter: 27mm
thickness: 4mm
composition: 24-karat (.999) fine gold
weight: 1.0001 troy ounce (31.108g)

Why would the mint release a high relief gold double eagle in business
strike and not proof?
Has anybody seen the coin when they where touring at some of the large coin
shows?


Arizona Coin Collector

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Jan 18, 2009, 8:29:42 AM1/18/09
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"spud" <jj...@att.com> wrote in message
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Hello

I read the same thing on the information the U.S. Mint sent me
in the Mail. Odd not to have NO MINT MARK on this gold
coin minted at West Point.

Business strike -- Term devised by Walter Breen to describe a
coin intended for circulation in the channels of
commerce (as opposed to a Proof coin, specifically struck for
collectors). Synonym: Circulation strike.


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spud

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Jan 18, 2009, 9:48:09 AM1/18/09
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"Arizona Coin Collector" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
>>
> Hello
>
> I read the same thing on the information the U.S. Mint sent me
> in the Mail. Odd not to have NO MINT MARK on this gold
> coin minted at West Point.
>
> Business strike -- Term devised by Walter Breen to describe a
> coin intended for circulation in the channels of
> commerce (as opposed to a Proof coin, specifically struck for
> collectors). Synonym: Circulation strike.


Hi,

They expended resources to create the high relief coin but not a proof coin.
It just occurred to me that maybe the stamping dies, which were somehow
created digitally, just aren't good enough for proof coins. On the mint
website
they describe how the coins were displayed at coin shows but nobody I know
has
seen them.

I collect coins for their beauty not so much for their historical value.
I wonder if I can return the gold high relief if it isn't quite up to my
standards?

Frank Provasek

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Jan 18, 2009, 12:41:28 PM1/18/09
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The originals were matte proofs, which were not brilliant at all and
look much like what the Mint calls "uncirculated" quality in their
NCLT offerings.

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