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Message:: [QUOTE="dreamer94, post: 1083462, member: 6449"]I presume APMEX had plenty on hand because they ordered their full allotment of 3,000 and have sold only the first 1,000 so far.  They have yet to offer the remaining sets for sale. I did tell APMEX customer service that the replacement coin had exactly the same defect as the original one.  They sent me an email saying "This is how they look – every  single one of them." I presume they are referring only to the Yellowstone version because my other four coins do not have the spot on Washington's cheek.  I'm pretty sure it's a rub mark and not a milk spot.  I suspect it may be that the reverse design has an elevation at the just the right (or wrong) spot to rub on Washington's cheek when they are stacked in tubes.  The others are far from perfect, though.  They all contain parallel scratches that look very much like someone attempted to polish them at some point. You can see it to some degree in this picture.   [ATTACH]107735.vB[/ATTACH] Based on what I've seen, I would be amazed if any of these will grade MS70.  I'd like to know if anyone else has noticed that the Yellowstone versions have a particular problem with a spot in this area.  Obviously, these aren't made to the same standards as numismatic coins and I suppose we'll all have to wait for the numismatic versions.[/QUOTE]