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Unhappy With Quality of Edison Dollars
itsnotjustme
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Well, my Edison dollars arrived Monday. I ordered 10 hoping to submit the nicer ones shooting for a 70, or at least a few 69s. I pulled out the loops and examined the coins 1-by-1 to select the ones I would submit.
#1 Mar on light base
#2 Small reverse mark
#3 Four ticks like edge reeding on vest
#4 Tick on date, Mar on light bulb, tick on 9
#5 Tick by TRUST
#6 Tick on N of EDISON
#7 Spot on vest
#8 Mars on bulb
#9 Two obv blemish
#10 Obv planchet flaw
I certainly don't expect each coin to be perfect. I would expect a few coins out of 10 to have no obvious flaws on a quick check with a loop. Had there been a few coins worth submitting for a prayer at MS70, lock 69, I would just keep the lot. Some of the itsms noted above are small, and the coin would still have a good chance at MS69--about 3 of them. About as many would be MS67s too. And the others likely MS68, small chance MS69.
I'm leaning toward returning the whole lot. If there were a few better coins, I feel I should keep them and consider it the cost of getting the better ones. When I bought the First Flight, all the $10G passed my loop. All graded MS69. The dollars (4) were all flawed, and all went back. The half dollars were decent, did not submit any, but not bad enough to drive a return.
#1 Mar on light base
#2 Small reverse mark
#3 Four ticks like edge reeding on vest
#4 Tick on date, Mar on light bulb, tick on 9
#5 Tick by TRUST
#6 Tick on N of EDISON
#7 Spot on vest
#8 Mars on bulb
#9 Two obv blemish
#10 Obv planchet flaw
I certainly don't expect each coin to be perfect. I would expect a few coins out of 10 to have no obvious flaws on a quick check with a loop. Had there been a few coins worth submitting for a prayer at MS70, lock 69, I would just keep the lot. Some of the itsms noted above are small, and the coin would still have a good chance at MS69--about 3 of them. About as many would be MS67s too. And the others likely MS68, small chance MS69.
I'm leaning toward returning the whole lot. If there were a few better coins, I feel I should keep them and consider it the cost of getting the better ones. When I bought the First Flight, all the $10G passed my loop. All graded MS69. The dollars (4) were all flawed, and all went back. The half dollars were decent, did not submit any, but not bad enough to drive a return.
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