So, I was at a large dealer in town the other day and I looked at some of his NGC-slabbed MS69 2007 silver eagles. They looked terrible! I am used to seeing MS69 silver eagles with a break or two here or there in the matte surfaces. These were completely covered with shiny spots. I looked at probably 30 coins and every one looked similar. I told the dealer that I thought they looked horrible and that I would pass. I said that I would not call them MS69 by any stretch of the imagination. He thought about it for a few seconds then said, Yeah, I think they're (NGC) going to call those "planchet defects". I told him I don't care what you call them. They look awful. I don't think they were planchet defects, but the more I thought about it, I suppose they could be coins struck from worn dies where the matte finish has worn off of the dies. Possible? One way or another, they looked awful and I won't buy one if it looks like that. Have any of you seen similar looking Eagles this year or in the past... especially those slabbed by NGC or PCGS. Also, I don't really want this to turn into a "bash :hammer: the grading services" thread, but the coins just looked terrible!
slab coin do not buy any slab coin. buy directly from u.s. mint. and you don't have to pay non sense premium.
The SAEs I bought raw back in January were stunning. I was very happy with the quality. I have no doubt that they would go MS69 and maybe MS70 from ICG on a good day.
Mayeb NGC was playign table hockey with the ASE's before slabbign them then? lol j/k I havnt gotten my ASE yet... I have my proof one but for some reason I had ordering issues with the UNC
elaine, the U.S. Mint does not sell silver american eagles directly to the public. Remember, I'm talking about the regular silver eagles, not the 2007 W eagles. Yes, table hockey seems to have been the game of the day!:loud: encil:
While I have not seen enough '07s to say one way or the other, yes there have been years when this was more prevalent than other years.
I think the same problem happend last year. At that time it was guessed that it was from two coins hitting one another when they were counted into the rolls....I don't really agree with that as most if not all of the coins had the marks in the same place. Speedy
