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I gave them a call. I had put a note with my order not to ship it out until 6/27/18. Well, they set it aside not to be shipped, but didn't put it back with the stuff to be shipped on 6/27. The guy I spoke with apologized and said that it will go out today. No worries so long as I don't get Foxwood's rejects. :)
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I received my 10 2017-W ASE's. It's quite obvious that these ASE's have been previously examined by someone else. Nine out of ten of the plastic capsule holders inside the boxes were dented as shown in the picture below.  I've never received one directly from the mint like this, so I'm pretty confident that someone pressed this area in while removing the capsuled coin. Five of the capsules had the blue velvet inside them (from the opposite side of the shown part of the capsule holder). Six had rub marks on the inside of the capsules. I was able to open the capsules and blow the velvet out. The rub marks on the inside of the capsules obviously can't be fixed. Eight of ten coins have no issues. Two I would have returned if received directly from the mint. One has a spot of crud on it and the other has a tiny milk spot on it. I can think of three theories to explain these ASE's. The first is that they were examined before being sent in to a 3rd party grading service and rejected as unsuitable. The second is that they were examined by a 3rd party grading service and put back in the OGP because they did not make the specified grade. The third is that they were returns to the mint that were examined and resold. My gut tells me that it's one of the first two, but I really have no way to know. |
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The second is that they were examined by a 3rd party grading service and put back in the OGP because they did not make the specified grade. That's the most likely. Most places won't presort massive ASE bulk submissions, they'll just put a minimum grade and have a truck load delivered type thing |
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Liberty received my returns last Friday...not a word from them since. I will contact them today
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Nine out of ten of the plastic capsule holders inside the boxes were dented Just checked the four I got from Liberty and all dented as well. Never even occurred to me to check underneath the holder although I always just assume if you're buying from anyone else besides the mint they've probably been cherry-picked. |
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Two I would have returned if received directly from the mint. One has a spot of crud on it and the other has a tiny milk spot on it Should contact them about returning these. At least an exchange for some that are clean. |
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As of today, ebay has these for around $40, and a major dealer is selling for $44.99 Do you think these are coins that were sent to TPG and didn't make the grade and put back in the OGP? 200,000 these days does not seem all that low especially when compared to uncirculated 2018 gold double eagle with a mintage of 10,000 or the 2000 bi-metallic unc coin. |
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30,125 seems like a good quantity to me as well, but the 1995-W Proof ASE has that mintage and sells for around $3,000. It's all about the supply and demand for the series. |
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A few things: ..you can't compare the mintage of a burnished ASE with a gold, bi-metalic, proof or even bullion product. You have to compare the numbers with other burnished ASE's ..it is not a $3000 coin. It will probably sell at a small premium over others with a higher mintage...until the next year comes in with a lower number  ..I contacted Liberty Coin about the no response for a week and they refunded my cash the same day. Probably the best result |
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I wasn't making the point that the 17-W burnished is a $3000 coin. I was giving the most extreme example that I could think of to illustrate that you can't just compare mintages (supply) when speculating on potential future value. You must also take the popularity (demand) of the series in to account.
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I took my weekly stroll by JMB and they're selling for $39.95, any quantity.  |
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jmb now sellin em at $49.95, but I see APMEX has em listed at $44.99.. anyone find any currently for sale at lower price? |
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Alright you got me hooked soooooooo Yeah, poor pic sorry.  |
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Alright you got me hooked soooooooo
Yeah, poor pic sorry. Very nice!  |
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