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<p>[QUOTE="tcore, post: 161762, member: 2949"]<p style="text-align: left">So, my set said it shipped on Friday and I got it on Saturday. Not too bad. I like the set very much. I think the mint did a fine job with this set.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have one concern though. On my 2006W Unc. coin (the coin that I think is the least financially valuable of the set), there is a small hit on the coin that looks like a line about 1/16 of an inch long on the left leg of Liberty (which unfortunately falls smack dab in the middle of the coin). I wonder if this is worth returning the set over and getting a new one. The proof and reverse proof are <i>Very</i> nice coins, well centered and in great condition. I'm thinking that if I return the set because of the hit on the Unc., with my luck, I'd get a new one that had a problem with the Proof or worse yet, the Reverse Proof! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My wife tells me I am way too anal... probably true. What would you do or have you done in situations like this in the past? Would you just keep it and enjoy it or try to return it in hopes of getting three virtually flawless coins in the set?</p><p> </p><p>Oh, a note about the Reverse Proof also. It is a gorgeous coin. An interesting thing about it is that I can see the lines in the metal from where it looks like the silver that the planchet was punched from was rolled out. All of the lines are going in the same direction. They're subtle, but there. I don't see them on either of the other two coins. I just thought that was interesting.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and before you ask, my camera and picture taking skills are terrible, so we'll have to wait for somebody else to post pictures of the set. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tcore, post: 161762, member: 2949"][LEFT]So, my set said it shipped on Friday and I got it on Saturday. Not too bad. I like the set very much. I think the mint did a fine job with this set.[/LEFT] I do have one concern though. On my 2006W Unc. coin (the coin that I think is the least financially valuable of the set), there is a small hit on the coin that looks like a line about 1/16 of an inch long on the left leg of Liberty (which unfortunately falls smack dab in the middle of the coin). I wonder if this is worth returning the set over and getting a new one. The proof and reverse proof are [I]Very[/I] nice coins, well centered and in great condition. I'm thinking that if I return the set because of the hit on the Unc., with my luck, I'd get a new one that had a problem with the Proof or worse yet, the Reverse Proof! :eek: My wife tells me I am way too anal... probably true. What would you do or have you done in situations like this in the past? Would you just keep it and enjoy it or try to return it in hopes of getting three virtually flawless coins in the set? Oh, a note about the Reverse Proof also. It is a gorgeous coin. An interesting thing about it is that I can see the lines in the metal from where it looks like the silver that the planchet was punched from was rolled out. All of the lines are going in the same direction. They're subtle, but there. I don't see them on either of the other two coins. I just thought that was interesting. Oh, and before you ask, my camera and picture taking skills are terrible, so we'll have to wait for somebody else to post pictures of the set. ;)[/QUOTE]
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