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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1970231, member: 27832&quot;]I really do appreciate that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I can&#039;t claim completely noble motives in this particular instance. I wanted to take a chance on getting into the game early, and being able to make some slight profit as a result. I was ready to break even, or simply to hold the coins if things went south quickly. I did think about slabbing them, but it wasn&#039;t my first or second choice; with the initial population numbers so heavily weighted toward 70s, I really don&#039;t see how the slab market in these will support itself over time, and I just don&#039;t have much respect for that corner of the slabbing game anyhow.</p><p><br /></p><p>But these coins really <i>were</i> a disappointment, even to my not-terribly-discerning eye. I don&#039;t expect gunk on my proofs, and these appeared to be five-for-five gunky. If I&#039;m just being overly picky, and <i>all</i> proofs have some degree of this filming, I&#039;d like to know about it before I go to the expense of returning them -- but I don&#039;t think that&#039;s the case.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>...well, I <i>didn&#039;t</i>.</b> (Good thing I hadn&#039;t gone ahead and hit &quot;Post Reply&quot;!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just finished going back through many of my proof $5 commemoratives, including one NGC PF69. <i>All</i> of them showed this same sort of haze, to varying degrees. I don&#039;t have a lot of PF70 gold to compare -- okay, I don&#039;t have any -- but I&#039;m beginning to think that this is actually par for the course. It&#039;s not really in your face; in fact, it&#039;s barely visible in normal lighting. I&#039;m actually a bit proud of myself for being able to bring it out in the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to see if I can get some comparable shots of the PF69 through its slab, although it&#039;ll be hard to compare optical effects behind reflective plastic. I&#039;ll also shoot a few of the raw proofs. If nothing else, it may serve as a useful benchmark for others trying to figure out &quot;what&#039;s normal&quot; on gold proofs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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