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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine were fine on delivery. I on the other hand cannot seem to open the capsules from my 3 coin proof set 1776-1976. I was going to put them in my 7070 but could not remove them from their housing. I guess I will buy an uncirculated set, that plastic will cut easier.
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Valued Member
United States
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I haven't received the 2012 set yet, but I had a similar experience with the 2011 anniversary set. I took one set to work to show co-workers. One of them took the tray and turned it over before I could tell him to be careful and a couple fell out onto the desk. One coin did pop out of the capsule, bounced off the desk and I caught it in my bare hand. Thank God it was the 2011 W proof and not the reverse proof or S uncirc. I bought another W proof just in case this one tarnishes because of this incident.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ghost youre dogs have good taste in coins lol. Sorry to hear that though but I also enjoyed the terminology you used
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
I had no problems with my ASE set, I'm generally pretty careful when handling my coins. But I'm going to check later on to make sure the capsules are tight. As for the dog nose prints, it sucks but its worse when they're shedding. Imagine getting dog hairs on the shiny coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
I have not received my 2012 S sets yet, but one of the coins in the 25th anniversary set last year (I don't remember which one) fell out of the plastic case also. No harm done in my case. It fell into the felt inside the case. I guess we all have to be careful when examining these for the first time.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12839 Posts |
Right, perfessor. No sense tearing into the coins like six-year-olds on Christmas morning.
Wait a minute... who am I kidding?!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
they have been having problem with the capsules forever. As far back as the three piece bicentennial proof sets there were warning about being careful opening the sets because the capsules were loose and the coins could fall out. There were many cases of the 2006 sets arriving not only with the capsules loose but open and the coins bouncing around inside the case.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not the packing itself, the capsules are normal, it's the outer boxes getting thrown around in transit, so anything in them will separate from the injection molded holder, especially the capsules. Especially prevalent with the '10 pucks and any of the special sets. The '11/'12 pucks have been wedged so tightly of late I don't really know what the condition of the obverse is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
What would be so difficult in placing a piece of foam inside the case to keep the coins in place during shipment? It should not be expensive and it would stymie alot of the complaints of "loose coins".
Edited by oih82w8
08/08/2012 12:11 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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The capsule thing has been going on forever. I agree. I think it is a flaw with these capsules. I have noticed this with the ones in my 2009 Lincoln Coin and Chronicles set. If I ignore them for a while, they will gain some play in them (although they never come completely loose; I can squeeze and feel them tighten up a little). I imagine this problem is only amplified by normal shipping and handling. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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There seems to just kind of be a design flaw with the capsules. They do tend to self seperate over time well mine do anyway. Maybe some sort of side lock clip or a screw on would be better. Even if the just rubber banded it for shipping that should help. But I agree I don't understand why a piece of foam inside still hasn't been implemented when this is now their 3rd set
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1388 Posts |
I really wish that I had seen this before I found out what a 2012-S reverse proof feels like.....  I just turned the little tray (?) over to see the reverses and the RP fell out. Not to mention the thread inside that capsule of the regular proof. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Silver did it at least feel nice?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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have to be careful when opening the box for the first time this has happened numerous times to me in the past - just open slowly and they wont fall on the floor
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
Quality Control and the Federal Government  |
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