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Message:: [QUOTE="tcore, post: 235627, member: 2949"]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! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]