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I’m in, please add me to the waiting list. Thanks

Evening all, I am new to collecting silver and gold and have recently bought my first bullion gold and silver. While searching various sites i came across the Tudor beast range and as i liked the design, I have decided to collect these and I ordered the 1oz silver proof. I received my first coin today, the lion of England and I must say the quality is terrible! There are black marks on the tail and claws which looks like some type of dye. This is not something I would have expected from a proof coin. I didn’t order directly from royal mint, i ordered from crawley coins. I have requested to return the coin. To be honest, I’m surprised that this coin passed quality control, surely the coin should have been first checked by royal mint and secondly by Crawley coins. Is this a regular thing to come across with proof coins? i have attached pictures of the 2 largest marks but there are smaller marks which are hard to photograph.