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Gold Walker.....yuck?!

Bankerbob56Bankerbob56 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭
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I just received my coin today. Like always, I pulled out my loupe for a close inspection.... I thought I had a scratch across the upper reverse. As I looked closer, it appeared to be a long piece of lint since there was a reflection on the coin itself. SO I separated the capsule, lo and behold I found two long hairs in the capsule! YUCK! ....the coin is fine now, I guess!! ;0)

What we've got here is failure to communicate.....

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    gross......encapsulated after the morning coffee break? How'd it smell?

    bob :o

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i guess when you 70K of anything...you're bound to have something like this happen. i am sure the gold will be fine. :smiley:

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bankerbob56 said:
    I just received my coin today. Like always, I pulled out my loupe for a close inspection.... I thought I had a scratch across the upper reverse. As I looked closer, it appeared to be a long piece of lint since there was a reflection on the coin itself. SO I separated the capsule, lo and behold I found two long hairs in the capsule! YUCK! ....the coin is fine now, I guess!! ;0)

    You should ask if you can return them. ;)

    theknowitalltroll;
  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I suggest you send the sample in for DNA testing to find out if they are a part of your family tree.

    Then finally, someone to carry on the tradition.

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
  • panexpoguypanexpoguy Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OP must really like to split hairs in a discussion.....

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like a pu-bic notice:)

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Were they thick and squiggly?? :#

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No extra charge?

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can I respectfully suggest that if you want a perfect coin buy one on the secondary market that has already been slabbed MS70 by one of the major grading services.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Can I respectfully suggest that if you want a perfect coin buy one on the secondary market that has already been slabbed MS70 by one of the major grading services.

    The challenge with this approach is that recent Mint gold issues, as recently noted by Mitch (on the BST as an example) and others, show a variance of quality even in the 70 grade.

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,728 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think he's complaining about not getting a perfect coin, just a coin that is hair free, lol.



    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,339 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 23, 2016 3:11PM

    @MilesWaits said:

    @PerryHall said:
    Can I respectfully suggest that if you want a perfect coin buy one on the secondary market that has already been slabbed MS70 by one of the major grading services.

    The challenge with this approach is that recent Mint gold issues, as recently noted by Mitch (on the BST as an example) and others, show a variance of quality even in the 70 grade.

    It sounds like some 70's may be overgraded.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, even more so lately, and even more so from PCGS, as I have heard with the Mercuries, SLQ and as early as the UHR.

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
  • Sandman70gtSandman70gt Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 23, 2016 4:03PM

    Maybe if you complain to your waiter you'll get a free dessert, or a 2017 proof set

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  • BackroadJunkieBackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bankerbob56 said:
    I just received my coin today. Like always, I pulled out my loupe for a close inspection.... I thought I had a scratch across the upper reverse. As I looked closer, it appeared to be a long piece of lint since there was a reflection on the coin itself. SO I separated the capsule, lo and behold I found two long hairs in the capsule! YUCK! ....the coin is fine now, I guess!! ;0)

    Same thing happened with one of my Truman C&C sets.

    I sent it in for entombing. I wanted a "Hairy Truman" label.

    I didn't get it... :smiley:

  • Coins101Coins101 Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭

    Nice LOL. I received a proof set from the mint several years ago where the half has a real nice finger print on the obverse! and here I always thought they handled the coins with white cotton gloves! LOL

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,408 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did it leave a hairline scratch?? I always wondered what caused them.....

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