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New Member
Canada
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Has anyone come across this before. I hope you can see the image well. The lines and color are more prominent in hand. It almost looks like copper streaks. I don't know. I'm sending it back anyway.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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May be from improperly mixed alloys in the planchet... it has that wood grain effect
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New Member
 Canada
45 Posts |
Would you agree that is a bad coin? From a new purchase point of view.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
Yes, I personally would not be happy w/ the quality of the coin...
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Valued Member
Canada
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Moderator
 Canada
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May be from improperly mixed alloys in the planchet... it has that wood grain effect What coin is this? Most proof silver coins are supposed to be refined silver - so that is unlikely. That looks like some ugly toning setting in, which means this coin was probably stored in a place with high humidity. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi Richard76, which coin is this? Was it from a set?
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New Member
Canada
45 Posts |
The coin is a RCM 50c Golden Flower series - Golden Daisy. The reverse of the coin is excellent. But this well... |
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New Member
Canada
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Check that... The reverse has marks as well. These are parallel, but look gold or rust(?) .
Looks like the gold plating was swiped while liquid. ?
I have to find out how these coins are made first.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Where did you get it? Since it's a 2006 issue and you 'are sending it back', I assume you didn't buy it from the Mint.
Makes me want to dig mine out to see if it has the same damage.
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New Member
Canada
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I would rather not say at the moment. Because I am waiting to here back from the business I got it from. When the deal is done then ill comment.
Kinda worried though. Three day no rely. Given that it was New Years I am patiently waiting.
I'm working on a pic of the reverse now.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3690 Posts |
Sure - totally understandable. I assumed earlier that you were talking about current coin from the RCM. Most likely, this damage occurred well after minting and I would expect that if you purchased from a dealer, then a refund or replacement would be appropriate. I know some of the dealers closed for the the holidays so hopefully you will hear back soon. GL |
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New Member
Canada
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Thank you very much.
I'll be sure to give complete dates and coin title in the future.
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New Member
Canada
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Here is the other side... To complete my gripe.  |
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New Member
Canada
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I don't understand why new purchases are not checked by CoinDealer before mailing them out. It must cost less for the shipping on returns than the business lost on backed-up orders.
I just started buying silver commemorative coins last month and I have had three bad orders so far. Coming into numismatics I had the notion that "Fine"coin meant perfect work of art.
Quality vrs. Quantity, eh.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Some dealers buy back coins from customers at low price and resell them, sometimes those coins would be in sub-par condition. Maybe yours is one of those? Just a guess.
Please do let us know how things go, I am particularly interested on knowing who is responsible for the return shipping cost. Thanks and good luck!
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