I have a mystery.
silvereaglefan74
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My friend bought a 2017-W American Eagle Silver Proof w/ Original Mint Box and COA from a reputable well known dealer. When he opened the package from the mail he called me over to his house to check out his new purchase. It was a 2017-S in the Original Mint Box with a 2017-W COA. Anybody have this happen to them before? We both know the 2017-S came only in the "Congratulations" set and the 2017-S Limited Edition Silver Proof Set. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated!
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Contact the dealer. It is his problem for sending out a box with the wrong coin. Let us know what happens.
What was sent is probably rather better than what was ordered. It might be wrong to keep it, but the dealer will never figure it out either.
I think I should have asked was this done by mistake or on purpose from someone at the US Mint! We think it might have been done at the Mint. We also wondered why would a dealer put a "now" more expensive coin in that box!
The more likely scenario is that the dealer made the mistake (not the US Mint). He could have bought multiple 2017 Eagles and just made a mistake when putting them into the box (maybe after checking them over from a purchase). Or he could have bought it that way from someone else that mixed up an S and a W.
This.
I've bought collections from people who had multiple coins in the wrong boxes. Sometimes they take them out and just put them back anywhere. Sometimes they bought the coins out of the boxes and just picked up a box later. You see a lot of odd things in collections.
Also, sometimes people put the coins that fail to grade 70 back in the original packaging because they raw is sometimes worth more than the 69s. So the dealer, or his source, just put it in the wrong box.
Mistakes happen. We're human after alll.
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I almost guarantee it wasn't done at the Mint. Those are two different Mints. Unless they all get boxed up at the same central location, the S Mint coins/boxes would not be mixed with the W Mint coins/boxes. It had to have occurred somewhere on the secondary market.
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@silvereaglefan74....Welcome aboard.... This happened after the coin left the mint....likely at the dealer, also possible he got it in a lot purchase and did not check....Keep it and buy another W. Cheers, RickO
All of the above scenarios are possibilities.
Another variation: some people keep the coins only in a safe deposit box or safe and the packaging elsewhere. When it came time to sell the coin maybe they grabbed the wrong one to jk with that packaging.
Dealers make mistakes due to whatever.
I bought a milk crate of Dansco Albums from a dealer at a show that had maybe 10 - 15 crates of them, when I was getting back into coins, and wanted to upgrade the albums. He pulled out what I needed, and later, when I was at home, one of them, the Morgan Dollar had at least 20 common date dollars in it. No idea who the dealer was, and I never went to that show again.
This was my first thought. Mint packaging is bulky so most collectors will only store the coins in their capsules without any other packaging in their safe or safety deposit boxes.
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It happens.
Well, he said he's keeping it.