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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1750819, member: 19065&quot;]&quot;<i>Enhanced</i>&quot; can mean so many things:&nbsp; 1) a marketing gimmick from the Mint to sell way over priced unc. bullion while exploiting an arbitrary anniversary year with a coin series that&#039;s only a fraction of the age of that anniversary,&nbsp; 2) another <i>enhanced</i> profit year from newly manufactured, plentifully produced collectible products passing through any of a few subjective grading services as well as through any one of numerous wholesale coin dealing outlets, 3) an <i>enhanced</i> effect of spots or rim dings that pass supposed Mint Quality Control standards or are deemed acceptably &#039;perfect&#039; (70) by an overworked, bleary eyed, or possibly under-skilled coin grader pressured to meet the demands of potential profits, 4) to a poorly washed planchet displaying spots said impossible to rectify by the very Mint espousing it&#039;s own product&#039;s exemplary virtues, 5) to a sick or allergic Mint employee or TPG grader who let a cough or sneeze <i>enhance</i> the finish of some unseen, hopeful collectors or flippers coin...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Xeno, if you are upset with the companies you bought those coins from, do anything you can to get them replaced or return them for a reimbursement. I would argue also against any policy they have of a &#039;stocking fee&#039; they may try to reduce from reimbursing you in full. Let them take the loss and recoup those fees from the Mint or TPG who passed it on to them. I know the problems may be none of the things I sarcastically cited above, but what&#039;s clear is that profits have killed quality and the last part of the chain, the buyer, you, are handed dreck and expected to accept it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve received scratched Proofs from the Mint on silver ASE coins and gotten gold coins that developed red spots in under 5 years from issue, and I was someone who ordered on day one from the Mint when new releases came out and take very good care of my collection. I also shouldn&#039;t have to buy 10 units of some coin knowing I&#039;ll have to to return 8 hopeful of getting the 2 that I wanted for my collection in the first place. Been there and done that, so now I&#039;m done with the Mint&#039;s &quot;special&quot; and numismatic products.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While the vast majority of consumers will not experience problems as mentioned or similar, it doesn&#039;t mean that many, many more out there in the vast quantities these products are being produced, aren&#039;t encountering various issues as you have.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the Mint shifted to robotic packaging and began extolling the virtues of it&#039;s latest laser frosting techniques on numismatic products, and began a rapid succession of sales gimmicks to sell bullion products during the recent PM price spike, I took one look at the quality of coins being issued (since about 2010) and weighed the numerous QC issues, against the mounting consumer complaints, prices being charged and voracious greed of flippers and wholesalers basically in cahoots with TPGs setting unreasonable market prices before collectors even have a chance to look them over and make the market the way collectors always have, and I put an end to the madness. I cancelled the subscriptions I had and ceased buying from the Mint and wholesalers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As an industry they&#039;ve killed the point of the collecting through total exploitation and manipulation of the collector, who are now simply consumers duped into believing they are collecting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Xeno, try to get those problem coins off your hands or you will never be happy with them. Maybe you will accept replacements, but you shouldn&#039;t have to accept what is clearly not up to the standards you expected from all parties those coins have passed through to get to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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