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I have collected my modern coins for years as mint and proof sets. Kept it that way until I got the Dansco bug recently. Some sets were still sealed in the mint mailers. I never really thought much about pulling them all apart and doing a close inspection. Even the ones I have pulled and looked at, it never was more than a glance really.
Well, now that I am transferring them into their Danscos... I am finding all sorts of problem coins.
What a joke... I pulled my 2008 mint set from it's 'never been opened' mint cardboard mailer only to find the Philly half with several long scrapes, almost gouges, across the obverse!
That was the worst damage/problem, but far from the only. I buy my coins from the mint annually for the sole purpose of getting a complete set of nice coins and having virgins on hand. I don't care for the idea of hunting down single coins and paying a premium after the fact. Seems very inefficient and time consuming. But with the crap I have been getting the last 10 years, I might as well be on the ground floor since I have so many 'virgin' coins that need upgrades from day 1.
Anyone else feel this way? I am so frigging mad I could spit. Pay all that dough and they send you crap.
If you are curious, my next worst problem coin was a 2004 mint set nickel with dark spots and a coating that almost looked like something was spilled on it. Put a drop of tea or cola on a coin and let it dry, then wipe off the thickness, and that is what the nickel looks like, straight from the good ol' mint.
Thats the same problem I got into when I started putting my danscos together, after filling the holes with the coins I already had from mint sets 10% just didnt have the eye appeal as the rest of the set so I had to go on the hunt for singles. Makes me sick! The mint has gotten really sloppy over the last decade.
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