and the US Mint did a horrible job with quality control!

Hello everyone,

I got my returns back from NGC and I am very happy with the results!

3 - 2010 SAEs PF70UC

2 - 2011 US Army $1 PF70UC

2 - 2011 US Army $1 MS70

1 - 2011 US Army 50c PF70UC

1 - 2011 US Army 50c PF69UC

2 - 2011 US Army 50c MS69

The Mint really dropped the ball with the quality of the MS US Army 50c pieces. I took out my 2008 Bald Eagle 50c and compared the two. It is like night and day. The Army coins have visible marks all over the place and on both sides. I don't have an idea what the Mint was thinking when they let these coins through. I orderd 7 of them and only sent 2 in to be graded. The other 5 were so bad that I think I would of been lucky to get a 68 for them. It looks like the problem is with all the coins...very few have made the 70 grade. Those 5 pieces of junk went back to the mint and to say I was disappointed is a friggin' understatement!!

I have attached a pic of the proof $1 US Army coin. Since NGC now allows the "Early Release" scam for comms, I wanted a sample for my collection. I also got one for the 50c piece.

Enjoy and best of luck with the grades.

Jeffrey

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