"Wm Hopkins" whopkins65 at mchsi.com wrote in message
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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"sgt23" wrote in message
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On May 24, 7:43 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
I just received my 2010 America the Beautiful quarter proof set from the
Mint. IMO, they have gone *way* overboard in producing the frosted
appearance to the point that little detail is left on the raised
features
after the apparent "sandblasting". The business strike quarters will
surely look much better than the proofs.

It doesn't surprise me, it seem Moy only likes cartoons on anything
the mint makes now.
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FWIW, here's a comparison with the obverse of a CAM 1999 quarter and one
of the 2010 ATB quarters. You can hardly make out the details on the
reverse "business" side of the ATB quarters.

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/t...met/1999CT.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/t...1frost2010.jpg


Are all in the set like this? Perhaps First Strike candidates if you're
into such designations.

Yes, all the 2010 proof ATB quarters (obverse) in the set look like this.
If these are "first strikes", this may reverse the pricing premiums in favor
of "last strikes". Or business circulation strikes.