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Message:: [QUOTE="ik2, post: 1105916, member: 29344"]I started building a collection of PR70 silver eagles a couple of months ago, just getting into coins so I'm no expert. The raised part of the proof coins have a burnished finish (sorry, don't know the official term).  The 2010 is just extreme, take a look at the photos I took.  All coins under the same light, you can see what I mean. [ATTACH]110766.vB[/ATTACH] (<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12473059/Ugly2010/years.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12473059/Ugly2010/years.jpg" rel="nofollow">super size photo here</a>) You can see the finish on the 2010 is nothing like any of the others...   looks like it was sand blasted! The coin is supposed to be a PCGS PR70, yet I can also see what I could call as obvious marks - I don't see how it can be a 70. [ATTACH]110767.vB[/ATTACH] (<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12473059/Ugly2010/crusty.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12473059/Ugly2010/crusty.jpg" rel="nofollow">super size photo here</a>) The coin came from an eBay seller, with over 60,000 feedback.  I don't know if it is fake or what is going on.  You can also see the strange finish on this photo as well. Anyone else think this is unusual?[/QUOTE]