I'm not sure what this is - and I apologize for the blurry scan - couldn't get it to not be blurry. there is a wierd line on the coin that looks like extra metal from between the A and M through the eagle wing. the surface of the metal is the frosted surface like the design on the coin. So I guess my question is, do I attempt to have it graded as some kind of error or return it to the mint as defective
Hm, awefully pixelated picture. I'd recommend using macro mode on a digital camera. I'm guessing it's a die crack? it hard to tell in the picture
Die crack. I had a 05 similar to it but on the OBV. If you like it, keep it. I buy them as bullion primarily, but more and more are treating them as coin, so if it doesn't bug you, wait and see what the market does.
I would like to see better images if you can post them -or- just don't bump the scanner during scanning, LOL! It looks to be pretty significant and easily visible. May bring a bit of premium down the road to a gold coin error collector, maybe do better if TPG graded to properly attribute the error. You only have 7-days to return to the Mint for a refund, so you need to decide fairly quickly. I think I'd keep it as they don't seem overly common in modern gold coins, but it does seem common that the Mint's Quality Control allows these things to slip out to the customers. MintErrorNews.com: Price Guide U.S. Gold Errors
Here are a few more pictures - I tried this time by lighting the coin and using a camera to try to capture it. sorry they are not as sharp as I would like - first time photographing coins.
I would keep it! All of those look the same and it's difficult to find an AGE with something different on it. I surely would keep it besides, you really won't know what it is until you open up that airtite!!
So if I send it in for grading, will they grade it with an error on the label? or do I have specify the error type, etc.
I think Anacs will grade errors but the crack, for lack of a better word may not be considered an error. Maybe in hand it's an obvious error or a post mint scratch. If you can afford to grade it and you're willing to be told it's not an error, send it in. Why don't you take it to a coin shop and see what they think? Pics are very difficult to say for certain.
I'm planning on taking it to a dealer I trust when I see them later next week. The guy at the local shop is not very helpful from past experience.
I would keep it too. It might be worth quite a lot in the future if it is an error. Look at the 1999w errors (although it probably wont be worth as much as they are since they are truely errors).
Exactly! Especially if they've been graded by the big 3. Whether or not they keep a fat premium depends on whether or not the enthusiasm holds out, like "Godless" Washington dollars. It's a gamble, but not much lost here since you'll always have spot + proof premium.
