New Silver Eagle SF Mint Two-Coin Set

You will still have a set (raw or graded, opened or sealed) with mintage figures of somewhere around 250K plus/minus .... that's low in my book. As an ASE collector and admirer I want it in my collection.

I thought a MS/PF70 coin was perfect under 5x magnification, not 10x. Does anyone know?

I got two "70" replacements, each from 2 different companies, and although both are better (notably the PCGS RP doesn't have a big milk spot on the sun device), both RPs have easily noticed tics (tiny scratches in the frosty field). Forget about under power. What a shame both TPGs have decided to lower standards like this. If someday premiums shoot through the roof, I'll bet the 70s will be scrutinized vis a vis CAC green oval for the top dollar examples, and the others will be considered like the over-graded Binion dollars.

Today I got an email saying the 4 missing coins had been received as a return and my money refunded. The original track order page now shows 5 shipped, 4 returned and 4 more ordered and in stock and reserved. They may be slow but at least they are getting the job done without any hassles. The only thing that bugs me is that they don't really acknowledge the mistake. By booking the mixup as a return they sidestep the fact that they messed up and shipped one coin and claimed it was five. I find this failure to admit fallibility a little disturbing. Hopefully, when the four coins ship, the FedEx shipper will say that the package weighs more than the one that contained "five" coins. So far, my CC account only has the new charge for the 4 "replacement" coins but does not yet have the credit for the ones that did not ship before so I am, for the moment, out for nine coins but only have one.

It is probably time to contact PCGS directly and ask them if the spots would have prevented them assigning a 70 in the first place and if so, what can a collector do about spots that develop in the slab. I don't think that a tiny rim nick would affect the grade of any coin, especially as ASE. In any case, you should probably ask for some relief on the costs you have encountered returning coins that were less than advertised. A good vendor should make at least some effort to send you coins that don't have the issues that you returned the first ones for. There are those who simply want the label to say perfect (PR70) and then there are those, like you, who truly want perfect coins for their collections. You are paying for perfection and there is no reason that you should not get it. I would be willing to bet that if the folks at PCGS re-examined the coins you have returned, they would say that they are still PR70 specimens. That would happen either because they are not willing to admit fault or because the coins really do still meet their criteria for the grade. PCGS might have images of the coins that were taken when they were graded and if so, could tell if the spots have become visible since the coins were slabbed or if they were there when graded. Let us know how things proceed.

If you return the coin, be sure to make it clear why you are returning it and ask the vendor make the effort to select a coin that does not have any spots for you.

Thanks Claire, I will update with results. I appreciate the heads-up about the rim nick. I'm not as concerned about that as the milk spots. And for the record the CAC sticker was tongue in cheek ;)

I got a PCGS set PF 70 under 10X mag.. there are all kinds of breaks in the frost and light contact marks on RP. reg proof is flawless . Got a NGC PF 69 set that IMHO should have been a 70 .So the TPG are in fact just human I guess no one see the same coin the same way TPG included

Base on the few responds.... I guess I should keep/sell mine rather than get an exchange.....?