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Message:: [QUOTE="softmentor, post: 1462224, member: 10469"]I don't have much problem with the Mint. I have had one order short an item which they promptly sent no questions asked. I had one secondary box that was damaged but not bad. Coins and coin package was fine. I do recall about a year or 2 ago, being asked to do a review that asked about packaging. I assume they are working on that. I do think the gold dollars are FUNDAMENTALLY flawed. trying to make gold out of something that is not gold is foolish, pun and truth both intended. I wish they would quit making what I call funny-money and make honest money. No more clad that pretends to be silver and no more what-ever-that-stuff is that pretends to be gold. Since gold dollars are what they are, there will continue to be variation in color, tarnishing, quality, and that is a shame. For the rest of what they do, though, I'm pretty happy. I don't expect every coin to be 70. That's kind of the point that there are only a few that make it to that perfection of 70, and that gives them greater value. And of course the error collectors just can't wait for the next slip up and consider what they pay for them. Considering they produce billions of coins and millions of proofs and mint sets, they look pretty good.[/QUOTE]