Comments on: 2016 Silver Proof Set from San Francisco Mint

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 03:54:04 +0000

Since robots started picking up the coins & putting them in the plastic holders at the San Francisco Mint 2 years ago, the quality has gone down. Before that every Proof set was hand-inspected. Quality control on core annual sets is almost non-existent now.

-NumisDudeTX

By: jim

jim — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 04:07:25 +0000

In reply to t white.

Blame it on Dep Dir Jeppson for not managing quality control of the mint manufacturing and packaging processes as he should be, and write to the Secretary of the Treasury – his boss – to complain about the poor job Jeppson is doing.

By: t white

t white — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:14:54 +0000

In reply to Rodney Moore. Thank you for your response. I hope the mint staff pay attention to the problems the collectors are having. I love collecting coins but lately the mint has failed to ensure quality of their products. I don't know who or what is the problem, but Check your coins carefully..

By: Rodney Moore

Rodney Moore — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:41:14 +0000

I had read in various comments sections about how the proof sets are declining in quality with trash and debris inside the proof sets. I experienced this first hand this week with the 2016 Silver proof set that I got. The presidential dollar set had some type of debris inside the case and resting loosely on the Nixon coin. When I looked at it with a loupe it looked like human skin! I took a picture and included the picture with the set in case the debris (which appeared to be loose and not stuck to the coin) moved. The penny had a discoloration (not toning) that looked like something had been dripped on it.
T White mentions that the buyers shouldn’t have to pay return shipping but we don’t have to , you can just call them and ask for a return label. For me it would have been cheaper to just print postage and mail it back, because they sent a UPS return label and I had to drive 30 miles round trip to the nearest UPS drop box location in an Office Depot store.
It is sad that they are sending out such bad quality products! I had waited a long time for this set to become available and I sure don’t like having to mail it back and wait on a replacement.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:57:45 +0000

Better yet, write to the Secretary of the Treasury. He has direct responsibility over the mint and Jepson reports to him.

By: t white

t white — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:41:38 +0000

Make sure you use a magnifying glass when examining these coins. I found discoloration on the Sacagawa dollar plus a gouge on her forehead. Also a piece missing on Kennedy forehead and there is liquid of some sort in the plastic container. Needless to say everything is going back. This is the second time in the last three months I have sent coins back. And I think we buyers should not have to pay for the shipping. WRITE YOU CONGRESS PERSON.
The quality of some coins have gone down.

By: sc Mac

sc Mac — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:59:23 +0000

The US Mint is getting Cheap in many respects……I had to return a set of badly struck Coins, which of course I had to pay the shipping costs again…. shouldn’t the Mint be Liable for sending out poorly produced Product ?

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:53:14 +0000

The Cumberland Gap 5-ounce silver bullion version coin was released for sale today (about 48,000 coins sold today) by the Mint also, both on income tax day!

-NumisDudeTX

By: jim

jim — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:48:20 +0000

Brian Miller –
It’s interesting that the S&H doesn’t change regardless of the quantity or value of one’s order. I’ve always thought that they should forgo the S&H charge for subscription orders to incentivize people to subscribe. But since the mint is so secretive about it’s costs no one has any idea how many of any particular product are subscriptions to be able to tell if doing so would make a difference in sales. If I remember correctly the few times the mint did offer free S&H it was always near the end of the year and when all subscriptions were already filled.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:13:18 +0000

Not sure if the .999 will be cheaper on their end but rest assured they will be charging more 🙂