mcrespo said
"I just went through 50 Wasgingtons and I have to agree with Sleaklight about the "QC". The centering is off on 80-90% of the coins and they are coming from the mint with scratches, gouges and dings all over the coins. Chances of getting a mint state grade of any level is slim to none. I found one coin that the edge lettering is on the absolute edge of the coin to the point where the impression is buldging the rim of the coin."
A few things here. The coins are minted and dropped into huge hoppers, they will bang up against each other as they are being dropped into the hoppers and as they are being moved around. Every coin in a BU roll has an MS grade. It would at least be Mint State 60. The nicks, gouges and bangs are totally expected and have nothing to do with quality control on circulation strikes.
Also, I've looked at thousands of coins and have not found one where the "centering" of the strike is beyond the tolerances set by the Mint. Again no QC issues. This is all normal stuff as sen on circulation strikes of any U.S. coins.
What TraesHunt mentioned is the reason for that "thing" that looks like an "I" on the edge of the coin. Evidence of it can be found on most of the coins if you look closely. Again it is a non issue, non error, non anything and selling them on
ebay as something unusual would be a disservice to collectors in my opinion. I wish people would just put collectibles on
ebay and not stuf that is worthless.
It creates two things, a buyer that really has something (which he doesn't) and someday bad blood between that person and a dealer because thedealer will have to tell that guy that what he has is nothing and he should spend the coin. Ultimately, it makes the original seller look bad but the dealer that looks at the coin next will take the brunt of the results of a bad sale.
If the seller doesn't really know waht he is selling, it shouldnt just be put up on
ebay just to get a few bucks. It just ain't right...
Posted 08/29/2007 12:38 pm
