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<p>[QUOTE="tsk, post: 169583, member: 5858"]So I ordered 5 sets of the ASE silver set on the 2nd day they were available. I was thinking of keeping 3 sets for my kids, but I ordered 5 sets just in case they sold out in a heartbeat. They didn't and I sorta forgot about these till the arrived about 2 weeks back. I was leaving town the day after they arrived so never looked at em till today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, so anyways, after hearing you guys gripe about the mint quality, I thought you were just a bunch of whiners <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Well, I looked over my coins, and I "built" one set I was reasonably happy with (not looking for MS/PF70 here, but I expect there to be no dings and stuff) and a second I could "live with." The rest have dings on the coins, or there appear to be pinprick sized defects. Is this typical or did I get a lousy batch? I noticed one of the proof sets has a piece of something under it but otherwise looks ok. Will things trapped under the plastic diminish the value of the coin if it's otherwise perfect? What about waterspot like appearance on the coins? I'd really like to at least get 2 sets I'm happy with so I'm just trying to figure out which one's I should keep.</p><p><br /></p><p>Originally I was going to return what I wasn't happy with, but after looking to eBay I see I can probably just peddle what I don't want and pay for what I keep.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tsk, post: 169583, member: 5858"]So I ordered 5 sets of the ASE silver set on the 2nd day they were available. I was thinking of keeping 3 sets for my kids, but I ordered 5 sets just in case they sold out in a heartbeat. They didn't and I sorta forgot about these till the arrived about 2 weeks back. I was leaving town the day after they arrived so never looked at em till today. Well, so anyways, after hearing you guys gripe about the mint quality, I thought you were just a bunch of whiners :). Well, I looked over my coins, and I "built" one set I was reasonably happy with (not looking for MS/PF70 here, but I expect there to be no dings and stuff) and a second I could "live with." The rest have dings on the coins, or there appear to be pinprick sized defects. Is this typical or did I get a lousy batch? I noticed one of the proof sets has a piece of something under it but otherwise looks ok. Will things trapped under the plastic diminish the value of the coin if it's otherwise perfect? What about waterspot like appearance on the coins? I'd really like to at least get 2 sets I'm happy with so I'm just trying to figure out which one's I should keep. Originally I was going to return what I wasn't happy with, but after looking to eBay I see I can probably just peddle what I don't want and pay for what I keep.[/QUOTE]
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