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Mechanical Error 1 |
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KOREA |
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| Item Description: |
Silver 2019 31g S. Zi:Sin Scrofa "1 Clay" - Early Releases |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 70 |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
I purchased the coin from JM Bullion. It was advertised as the "Ghost" version, which it is. I don't believe there was any intent by JM Bullion to deceive, as the coin is as described. But whatever the circumstances the label by omission of the GHOST attribute is a Mechanical Error, and can not be entered into the GHOST slot due to the omission. At the time I purchased this coin there were 75 available, there are now 55 as of 6-18-2019. There are currently 86 registered with NGC as Early Release MS70. I believe this label error/omission to have only happened with the JM Bullion coins, so to the best of my knowledge there are 75 of these label errors/omissions out in circulation. I have not been able to verify if there are any Mechanical Errors in lower grades.
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Mechanical Error 2 |
| Origin/Country: |
UKRAINE |
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| Item Description: |
S5H 2016 KYIV NATL UNIVERSITY TRADE & ECONOMICS |
| Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
This one is just a straight forward mistake made at NGC, the best I can tell.
The Mechanical Error is the 50th Anniversary designation on the label. I'm not sure where this came from and can only attribute as human error.I do not disagree that this coin is dedicated to an anniversary, it absolutely is. It is the 50 years that is incorrect. 70 Years is prominently displayed on the reverse of the coin (obverse of the holder), displayed as "70 with pokie below" (pokie being Ukrainian for "years'). 70 years is also in the description of the coin on the COA, and was in the description of the coin on the submission form to NGC. Consequently the slot made in the registry reflects the label, as this is currently the only coin currently graded by NGC, and the slot is in the appropriate set I am not in a hurry to get the label corrected at this time. At some point I will be sending this back in for review and hopefully a new label.
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Mechanical Error 3 |
| Origin/Country: |
RUSSIA - 1801-1918 |
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| Item Description: |
S5K 1901CNB AP |
| Grade: |
NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
I have to take at lest 50% of the responsibility for the label omission/error and registry confusion on this one. The label omission/error was more due to a lack of my knowledge on how to submit and how the registry works. I submitted this coin along with a duplicate and listed them as 2010, Isle Of Man Silver Angel. I did not make mention of the High Relief attribute that should accompany the coin, or submit it with any of the original packaging or COA. My thinking was that, there were only High Relief coins made that year so sending in any information or writing it down the attribute on the submission form shouldn't be necessary, Wrong. So subsequently the High Relief attribute was left off the label and the coin encased and returned back to me. My next though was that this con must not be a "High Relief" and that it was some sort of die or mint variation, so my next step was to request a slot for this coin in the Registry. The fine people at the registry granted my request and created an appropriate slot for the coin befitting the label. Well i can only assume that this created some internal discussion and/or confusion at NGC and/or complaints from other people with sets. As a few months later the stand alone slot for this coin was combined into the original 2010 High Relief slot, and the coin given a description of PF 1901CNBAP S5K Russia. Which explains the item Description above. with this coin having a lower point value than the High Relief version, it was devalued and essentially eliminated from being useful in the set. Well, with the coin having little to no usefulness now and me wanting to achieve a higher grade anyway I resubmitted three more 2010 Angels. All purchased from the same store as the firs two, this time I attributed the High Relief on the submission form and sent the coins in with there original packaging and COA's. This time the High Relief was added to the label and the coins fit nicely into the appropriate slots in the registry.
There are two of these coins from my submission, one of which I still have in my possession. The other I do not, and is out there somewhere. Finally I would like to apologize to anyone who may have been caught up in the wake of this saga, chalk this one up as a learning experience and I hope no one was to put out by it. I will update this if anything changes, as I have a feeling that this story is not over yet.
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Mechanical Error 4 |
| Origin/Country: |
UKRAINE |
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| Item Description: |
200KK 1995 WORLD WAR II Y RESEMBLES X |
| Grade: |
NGC PL 69 |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
The Mechanical Error on this label is the "Y Resembles X" designation, for which i will take part of the blame. On the submission form I did not specify the specific designation I believed that this coin should have, that being "Y Resembles Y/2".
First a little back story, this coin has two variations which are designated as KM#-10.1 (Ukrainian letter "Y" looks similar to "X") and KM#-10.2 (Ukrainian letter "Y" looks similar to "Y/2"). Of this there is no doubt as I have both variations in my possession, where the confusion starts is with the image provided in the The Standard Catalog of WORLD COINS. The image for KM-10.1 (Ukrainian letter "Y" looks similar to "X") is actually the image for KM-10.2 ("Y" similar to "Y/2". Also adding to the identification trouble is the lack of an image for the KM-10.2 ("Y" similar to "Y/2"). For further reference I went to the NGC online World Coin Price Guide. The W.C.P.G. has the same issue as the Standard Catalog of WORLD COINS, only one image for two coins and the image is improperly identified (I believe). My only conclusion to draw is that the NGC W.C.P.G. obtained its info either form the S.C.W.C. or they both acquired there information from the same independent source.At any rate the lack of me assigning a designation on my submission form with info, and the current information available being incorrect contributed to the Mechanical Error on this label. I will be submitting both variations at the same time with proper identification to see if this can be sorted out once and for all.
I submitted two of these coins, as a result they both received labels with mechanical errors. These are the only two with this designation currently graded by NGC. I currently have both in my possession.
To Be Continued......
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