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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2857004, member: 112"]I'm trying to understand what you said - First of all, when you said "a huge box" I assumed you were talking about what most call a "green monster box". But those coins are business strikes and the coin in the pictures appears to be a Proof, and you can see the capsule it is in. Each Proof comes in its own individual packaging, typically a blue velvet box containing the coin in its holder. Now I suppose if you ordered a large quantity of the Proofs they would probably ship them in a large box, so that would explain your comment. However, what you're showing pictures of is corrosion on that coin. And I've never even heard of, let alone seen, a Proof from the mint that was corroded. And you say you got many of them. Sure you might see a coin or two that has spots on it now and then, but not corrosion like that. Corrosion like that takes a while to form under normal circumstances. I guess what I'm getting at is that I wonder if maybe, stress maybe, these coins were returns to the mint from people in Texas who suffered from the recent hurricane and flooding. That's the only thing I can think of that could account for something like this. And the mint is known to re-sell returns that come in from others. In any event I'd return them all if I were you. No sense in taking a chance that those without spots might yet develop them.[/QUOTE]