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<p>[QUOTE="sturmgrenadier, post: 853280, member: 18711"]I wonder what the hold up is. I have an order of 10 Unc's made on 3/26. My order placed on 3/23 (first day) shipped the next day. Are they really still producing the coins at this point? Or are they in fact waiting for more returns so as to repackage and ship them to fill outstanding orders (as some posters have posited)?</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be very interested to see the sales figures (hopefully) released tomorrow. As it will include sales for the first full week period, it will give us some concrete insight into if and when these will sell out. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have ordered 20 each of UNC and Proof (four total orders), but I may cancel my last proof order. I'm not keen on the idea of having to painstakingly pore over 20 proof coins to see if they have any defects. As long as they are MS-68 or better, I would be happy. I would be perfectly content to save these raw. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I'm naive. I thought 99% plus of the coins produced by the mint are at least MS/PF-69 (and a tiny percentage are MS-68). Thus, I thought that I could just do a quick eyeball check to see if each of my coins is in its packaging and just store them away. It never occurred to me that they might be defective in some way.What do you think the chance is that a given coin is less than MS-68 (not a rhetorical question, I really want to know). Do some coins from the mint really have scratches on them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? Should I be concerned about scratches on the capsules, too? Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sturmgrenadier, post: 853280, member: 18711"]I wonder what the hold up is. I have an order of 10 Unc's made on 3/26. My order placed on 3/23 (first day) shipped the next day. Are they really still producing the coins at this point? Or are they in fact waiting for more returns so as to repackage and ship them to fill outstanding orders (as some posters have posited)? I will be very interested to see the sales figures (hopefully) released tomorrow. As it will include sales for the first full week period, it will give us some concrete insight into if and when these will sell out. I have ordered 20 each of UNC and Proof (four total orders), but I may cancel my last proof order. I'm not keen on the idea of having to painstakingly pore over 20 proof coins to see if they have any defects. As long as they are MS-68 or better, I would be happy. I would be perfectly content to save these raw. I guess I'm naive. I thought 99% plus of the coins produced by the mint are at least MS/PF-69 (and a tiny percentage are MS-68). Thus, I thought that I could just do a quick eyeball check to see if each of my coins is in its packaging and just store them away. It never occurred to me that they might be defective in some way.What do you think the chance is that a given coin is less than MS-68 (not a rhetorical question, I really want to know). Do some coins from the mint really have scratches on them:(? Should I be concerned about scratches on the capsules, too? Thanks[/QUOTE]
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