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<p>[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2703065, member: 34882"]Yes this is why the mint originally packages them in big plastic sheets versus tubing them because they ding so easily clanging around. Although I think that the mint is going to change to tubing them now too as I recall reading that somewhere. But many bullion dealers just cut them free and then just tube them up after purchase anyways. </p><p><br /></p><p>After all these are just bullion coins, albeit really nice looking ones. But the value when liquidating is determined by the gold they contain not any numismatic value so a few dings really shouldn't have much impact. Often times with the slabbing bullion craze that has taken over it's the imperfect coins with dents, dings, contact marks, etc that end up getting sold non slabbed by many dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Realistically if you must have a premium coin you should have bought a burnished version or a proof from the mint themselves or been really picky choosing in person. If you want perfection in bullion you have to be really careful when buying if you want decent looking coins as most dealers just treat bullion well like bullion and don't really handle them with extreme care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2703065, member: 34882"]Yes this is why the mint originally packages them in big plastic sheets versus tubing them because they ding so easily clanging around. Although I think that the mint is going to change to tubing them now too as I recall reading that somewhere. But many bullion dealers just cut them free and then just tube them up after purchase anyways. After all these are just bullion coins, albeit really nice looking ones. But the value when liquidating is determined by the gold they contain not any numismatic value so a few dings really shouldn't have much impact. Often times with the slabbing bullion craze that has taken over it's the imperfect coins with dents, dings, contact marks, etc that end up getting sold non slabbed by many dealers. Realistically if you must have a premium coin you should have bought a burnished version or a proof from the mint themselves or been really picky choosing in person. If you want perfection in bullion you have to be really careful when buying if you want decent looking coins as most dealers just treat bullion well like bullion and don't really handle them with extreme care.[/QUOTE]
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