Atrocious 2007 MS69 First Strike ASEs
slucas
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After all of this talk about milk spots. I thought i better take a look at my ASEs. Luckily my big buck 2006 FS Anniv. were all OK.
But...One of the raw 06s (uncirculated one) had spots the day i opened it. I had bought this in a group of 5 sets unopened (darn). But 2 days after i got them i had to look. So today i remembered buying a bunch of 2007 FS 69s ( 3 sets of 20) one from savoncoin and 2 from gradycoins. Dumb me did not open them. So today i did. The 2 sets from Chris were perfect. The set from savoncoin was crap. i mean every single coin was crap. And I am not talking about milk spots, although nearly all had the spots. No, these were just sorry excuses for coins. Every single coin has some flaw on the sun (obverse lower left). One has some ridiculous anomaly across the middle of the coin. How could these be 69s? I looked closely with a loupe and these seem to be flaws in the silver. My fault for not looking until now. But still. Why would this guy even send them to PCGS? And how could they be 69s?
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what the rest look like
But...One of the raw 06s (uncirculated one) had spots the day i opened it. I had bought this in a group of 5 sets unopened (darn). But 2 days after i got them i had to look. So today i remembered buying a bunch of 2007 FS 69s ( 3 sets of 20) one from savoncoin and 2 from gradycoins. Dumb me did not open them. So today i did. The 2 sets from Chris were perfect. The set from savoncoin was crap. i mean every single coin was crap. And I am not talking about milk spots, although nearly all had the spots. No, these were just sorry excuses for coins. Every single coin has some flaw on the sun (obverse lower left). One has some ridiculous anomaly across the middle of the coin. How could these be 69s? I looked closely with a loupe and these seem to be flaws in the silver. My fault for not looking until now. But still. Why would this guy even send them to PCGS? And how could they be 69s?
Pics:
worst coin
what the rest look like
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<< <i>The spots probably formed after they were holdered. What kind of environment did you store them in? >>
What type of environment should we be storing them in? I kept mine in air-conditioned environment in pcgs blue boxes. I live in Florida.
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All my ASE's are mint fresh, no spots, mo milking, etc....
The ASE sets were sealed the day I received them.
Intercept Shields are used to protect the slab, they are still exposed to the environment, slabs are not airtite.
<< <i>I've been using Food Saver vacuum sealed bags for years.
All my ASE's are mint fresh, no spots, mo milking, etc....
The ASE sets were sealed the day I received them.
What about the seal bags?...do they have PVC and other harmful ingredients?? Maybe??
I've got ASE's that have been sealed for 5 years, no spots, haze, milking, etc...........
I contacted Food Saver, and spoke with a rep, she stated there is no PVC used in manufacturing the bags.
<< <i>they were shipped and stored in PCGS blue boxes indoors. I live in Scottsdale, AZ. It is very dry here, year round. All 3 boxes were stored in the same place in a desk drawer. >>
i live in Mesa a few miles from you, but can't comment because our weather is so much different