Is this the result of PVC damage?

This is a clad SBA and not even 20 years old. Are these green pitting marks/spots the result of PVC damage? I think so, but I would love people with knowledge of PVC damage to chime in. There are spots on both the obverse and reverse. Thank you for any help you can offer.

 

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@paddyman98 can you tell? @ToughCOINS ? @Rick Stachowski ? @baseball21 ?

 

Does the NGC label have a Details grade?

 

I'd think it could be PVC, or acid from any other source spattered on the coin.

 

No. But I have seen some with known PVC and didn't get a details grade. I just didn't know if that actually is what it would look like on a smaller scale

 

I agree. Something appears to have started to corrode the coin and the blue-green spot looks like it could by residue from the PVC platicizer. If it's due to PVC, then it will continue to get worse.

 

98% sure. The initial transfer could have so small at grading that it was not noticed. If it has only become apparent after slabbing. I would assume some moisture is getting to the original loci it will continue to develop. If it is kept in a sealed container with desiccators most of time, it will limit the enlargement of such.

 

What?

Definition please

 

Appears to be a small area of PVC damage.

 

I would contact NGC and ask if they can conserve it. Hopefully its free since it seems to have developed once slabbed

 

noun, plural loci
[loh-sahy, -kee, -kahy] (Show IPA), loca
1.a place; locality.

desiccator

[des-i-key-ter]


1.
an apparatus for drying fruit, milk, etc.
2.
Chemistry.

1. an apparatus for absorbing the moisture present in a chemical substance.
2. an airtight, usually glass container containing calcium chloride or some other drying agent for absorbing the moisture of another substance placed in the container.

Sorry, everyday words for me, Jim

 

I am returning it to a dealer in Indiana who is going ballistic, saying I am "ruining the industry" and getting his "group of 800 dealers (some internet group he called Roundtable) to block me from further purchases." It also had a fingerprint. The guy is not a good business person for such a reasonable concern here. I shouldn't be stuck with a damaged coin.

 

@JCro57 Dealer is ridiculous. Returns happen, he wants to alienate you?.....thats further business lost and from others who hear about this!

 

Or, as is more common, accepted, and clear in this context:

"Spots".

 

wow. the effort he's claiming he's going to put into his Roundtable is more than the coin is worth.

I'd return it anyways.

 

Well yes, except I was trying more to localize the origin of said "spots" as in they were possibly not visible as spots at that time. But I guess it doesn't matter since the dealer has gone nuclear. Certainly if the owner recently purchased it and the dealer had not described it properly, it should be accepted returned. Your loyal moderators have been mentioned several times on other coin forums also. Some good , most not

 

@JCro57 , maybe you can post the Indiana dealer who's gathering his might to ban you from the coin world. I certainly don't ever want to do business with someone who gets this worked up about a return.

 

His name is Sam Shafer from Indianapolis. I sent him the photos of the PVC pictured above and he won't even address it. I looked up his "Roundtable" and it came up on Facebook, with about 6 likes. Another blowhard who overstates his influence and importance in the industry. I have talked to several dealers and no one has heard of him nor his "Roundtable."

Please keep in mind, he made these threats and blew up at me simply because we disagree about whether or not it was a fingerprint.

 

Perhaps he's talking about his round seat. Or its lid.

 

That must be one huge round table to have 800 people around it. It would have to be about an acre in space (I didn't do the calculation). A tremendous waste of wood. Maybe sick the environmentalists on him. All tongue in cheek of course.
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