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Message:: [QUOTE="Artillery87, post: 24639238, member: 137755"]I have always casually collected coins but have gotten really deep into the hobby as of late. (In the last year and a half or so...) About a year ago, I purchased this 1900 lafayette commemorative dollar from Apmex advertised as BU. It has sat in a coin envelope since then and I haven't really looked at it much. Well today I decided was going to get a submission together to send to PCGS. This is one of the coins I was planning on sending in. As I was looking at it again I noticed the letters have some areas that are not fully struck. I weighed the coin (26.74 grams, in tolerance) and did the magnet slide test and it passed but I have not seen any on PCGS that have letters and dots missing spots like this one. It has satiny luster left and the devices look good compared to pcgs images but I am worried about these letters. It even has die filing marks in the fields like a genuine lafayette dollar would. Could there be an explanation for the lettering issues or are my worst suspicions infact true, Apmex sold me a fake coin??? If I knew then what I know now I would have returned it immediately. I didn't know what to look for as much back then... Now I would only purchase a coin like this already certified lol but thought Apmex was a reputable dealer nonetheless...[ATTACH=full]1567687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1567689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]