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Lowball proof platinum eagle...

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Cellgazer

Cellgazer

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PLEASE don't let your kids play with your US Mint products. (Or with this population...grandkids). ;)

 

I have had a very good run of raw modern coins purchased raw from eBay...mostly. I have found that if you buy platinum eagles in original mint packaging....from MOST sellers....they will grade 70 or at least 69. My luck changed recently when I bought a 2004 $25 proof and a 2006 W $50 burnished, from two different non-dealer sellers. In both cases the photos were distant and slightly blurry. However, they were in their capsules and proudly sitting in their little blue mint packages. The prices were lower that I I would get for graded 69s, how could I lose? Well, the 2006 was obviously cleaned, maybe with a Brillo pad, and the 2004 looked like it was dropped and kicked across a carpet. I sent the 2004 in, because those are damn hard to find, and it was generously given a PF67...now THE lowball coin of it's type. (See pic). My question is, why would anybody ever remove these coins from their capsules? Maybe it's just those darn kids out there! ;)

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Ultra Cameo Collection

Ultra Cameo Collection

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You know there is somebody out there that wants to flick this coin up in the air with their thumb just to see what tone it makes. I owned a 1oz palladium coin and before I sold it to a gold buying place I flipped that bad boy and it did ring a very distinctive tone.

 

It is still a nice chunk of platinum. :banana:

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The Fielding Collection

The Fielding Collection

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Either that or the coin was dropped at the mint. still a stunning coin.

I also have a question. I have had a lot of my mint set coins come back details improperly cleaned now these coins were sent in in there mint packages and as far as the I can see have never been opened. how can a coin get cleaned when its sealed in a plastic sheet? any guesses?

Happy Collecting and May God Bless....Mike

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