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Looks like the 2008 1 Ounce Plat Uncs are about to go dark...
jbw
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<< <i>'bout time. They are now a part of Numismatic history and all the haters will wish they'd bought 'em
Well I had bought quite a few but 80% were returned because of major, very unsightly rim damage.
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<< <i>'bout time. They are now a part of Numismatic history and all the haters will wish they'd bought 'em
Well I had bought quite a few but 80% were returned because of major, very unsightly rim damage. >>
It seems the inner rim from 11 to 1 was rough on many of these.
I guess I'm lucky, none of them display any inner rim damage. From past experience, I've found that those kinds of striking flaws seem to run in batches. I've seen groups of coins that look like they have a scratch, or a ding, but the exact flaw repeats on multiple coins.
I had large groups of Marine dollars where even the slightest rub or break in frost was repeated for 25-50 coins in a 100 coin lot.
The 1 oz. 2008-W unc. Platinums seem to have been especially prone to rim damage between 10 and 2 o'clock.
I have examined 40+ of the 1 oz coins.......taken from both 4 coin sets and individual coins from 4 different batches spread over 3 months.
75% of those 1 ounce coins had damage to that area.
75% got returned.
I'm not talking a little rub or break in frost.
Anyone have the numbers from PCGS on how the 2008-W plats are grading out??