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USMint quality going down
Bochiman
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Ordered a few of these (for my son and I and as gifts).
3 of the 4 are going back. They have "divots" in the obverse field.
Kind of stand out when you have a wide open, empty, mirrorlike, field and then a pit that just sticks out.
None of these are getting submitted (weren't purchased to submit). None were purchased to be flipped. Not looking to just cherry 70s from these, but I don't feel comfortable having proofs like this that have pits showing in their fields.
Hopefully, others are not experiencing the same thing. Thankfully, these were things I bought and had a purpose for, so I opened them up immediately....no sealed box needed so no one gets stuck with subpar proofs.
3 of the 4 are going back. They have "divots" in the obverse field.
Kind of stand out when you have a wide open, empty, mirrorlike, field and then a pit that just sticks out.
None of these are getting submitted (weren't purchased to submit). None were purchased to be flipped. Not looking to just cherry 70s from these, but I don't feel comfortable having proofs like this that have pits showing in their fields.
Hopefully, others are not experiencing the same thing. Thankfully, these were things I bought and had a purpose for, so I opened them up immediately....no sealed box needed so no one gets stuck with subpar proofs.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
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At any rate, this makes me wanna immediately look at the other to make sure I'm not holding onto a POS.
QC really isn't a strong point for our modern mint.
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I bought (and just received two), opened and looked at one and was actually rather amazed at how nice it looked, except that I don't care for the "snake skin" look of the frosting on any recent modern coins, but that isn't a quality issue, it's a design defect in my opinion.
At any rate, this makes me wanna immediately look at the other to make sure I'm not holding onto a POS.
QC really isn't a strong point for our modern mint.
Hopefully your 2nd one is fine as well.
I normally don't take that close of look to the new mint products that I plan on keeping as I haven't noticed big issues in the past.
This being "different", with the edge lettering and all, I popped one out as soon as it came. The field "pit"/defect was very noticeable to the naked eye.....I thought it was just a bad gash on the plastic capsule face.....popped that off and, nope, there it was on the coin's surface.
Made me look at the others, thinking, "can't be on any others.....can it?". It was on 2 of the remaining 3. Different location. Still similar. And, because of the mirrorlike look, they really stood out.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
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Is there a time limit on US Mint returns?
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Yes. 7 days.
Used to be 30 but, due to abuse of the policy, particularly around precious metals when they were quite volatile, and also people trying to get high grades or else returning, they reduced it to 7 days.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
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Are they really this stupid, or are they destroying the dollar on purpose?
I bought (and just received two), opened and looked at one and was actually rather amazed at how nice it looked, except that I don't care for the "snake skin" look of the frosting on any recent modern coins, but that isn't a quality issue, it's a design defect in my opinion.
At any rate, this makes me wanna immediately look at the other to make sure I'm not holding onto a POS.
QC really isn't a strong point for our modern mint.
It depends on the issue. West Point and (sometimes) San Francisco usually does a pretty good job. (The American Liberty and APE's for instance.)
I suspect much of this has to do with the short time frame the mint had to produce hundreds of thousands of these because of the late passing of the FAST Act. They're rushing to get the coins done...
(There's an article on Coin World that people just aren't impressed with the 30th release. They even quoted one of my posts. If I'd known, I'd have tried to be a bit more coherent. )
Edited becuz I kant spel...
No, shipping is paid by the sender. However, you can make a written request to the mint with a copy of your return shipping receipt and they will reimburse you. Best to always get sig confirmation on a mint return, especially gold.
When I returned my SLQ last month (using the return function on the order status page), they e-mailed a pre-paid UPS label to me. Took about a week from sending the package to getting the replacement.