Numi's - Tip of the Month - November 2016 - 4th Panda Expo Medals

[Cully]

Mine was from eBay too, still waiting ☹️

[Deputydog]

Hi, I only just mine today.

Thanks

Deputydog

[sovereignsteve]

mine from ebay. I was out today and missed an overseas parcel delivery but I'm expecting one from the states as well.

[Quicksilver]

Still waiting for one silver medal that cleared customs to the UK on the13th

The others arrived within days, I haven't a clue where the last one is or what the hold up could be.

[Silverstackeruk]

At what stage shall we do something about these missing coins?

[Quicksilver]

@Silverstackeruk

My purchase was through eBay, the last expected date is the 20th of Jan.

I'm a little concerned about the time its taking, but I trust dragon and have confidence it will arrive.

[Silverstackeruk]

2 minutes ago, Quicksilver said:

@Silverstackeruk

My purchase was through eBay, the last expected date is the 20th of Jan.

I'm a little concerned about the time its taking, but I trust dragon and have confidence it will arrive.

Tbh it's not Dragons fault..I just thinking of worst case scenario that we don't get them...Dragon just message me saying if not arrived in 10 days he will refund me...

[Quicksilver]

15 minutes ago, Silverstackeruk said:

Tbh it's not Dragons fault..I just thinking of worst case scenario that we don't get them...Dragon just message me saying if not arrived in 10 days he will refund me...

 

15 minutes ago, Silverstackeruk said:

Tbh it's not Dragons fault..I just thinking of worst case scenario that we don't get them...Dragon just message me saying if not arrived in 10 days he will refund me...

Yes I got the same message, I hope they arrive as the delay must be a headache and a pain in the a** for him.  

[Guest]

Dragon is a stand up guy and trusted


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[prophet800]

It's here ???

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, prophet800 said:

It's here ???

no customs issues then? I was expecting these to have been caught for vat

[prophet800]

Arrived as normal andno issues.
Nice medal as well

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[sovereignsteve]

mine just arrived too

[Guest]

Mine is reporting as in uk so it will probably be in the office when I get there in a couple of days. Question is why is Royal Mail deprioritising China Post?




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[prophet800]

Somebody had an off month at work it would seem 

[Quicksilver]

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[Cully]

Finally arrived today but I'd appreciate some advice on what to do.

I've noticed a couple of marks. The one on the pandas face is just some fluff or something on the inside of the plastic.

It's the scratch in the sky that's bothering me as I was hoping to get it graded.

 

 

[sovereignsteve]

If you're going to get it graded then it won't matter if you take it out of the plastic to check. I would contact Dragon and send him these pictures and see what he says. If he agrees, I would then cut it out and have a look, if Ok you can then send it off for grading.

[sovereignsteve]

Look at the damage on mine!

TBH I'm disappointed in the antique. I think it's poor compared to the "proof" and also to the stunning Destiny.

 

[Quicksilver]

Could I ask the members who had a recent delivery of the medals, what date they were showing as dispatched from china?

As one of mine has not arrived.

[Guest]

It seems that Shanghai Mint uses a different antique process than Shenyang or Nanjing. The finish they use is not as flattering in my opinion.


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[Guest]

Shenyang



Nanjing


Shanghai




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[Pampfan]

3 minutes ago, Numistacker said:

It seems that Shanghai Mint uses a different antique process than Shenyang or Nanjing. The finish they use is not as flattering in my opinion.


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Numi, 

in your experience in dealing with the medals, have you found that they have the same problems as bullion coins, i.e. Milk spotting or tarnish spots.  I'm tempted to pick up a few so I am just curious as the majority of the medals you have show cased look really good and there has been no mention of it.

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[Guest]

Numi, 

in your experience in dealing with the medals, have you found that they have the same problems as bullion coins, i.e. Milk spotting or tarnish spots.  I'm tempted to pick up a few so I am just curious as the majority of the medals you have show cased look really good and there has been no mention of it.

[emoji847]

The only milk spotting I have personally experienced was on a 2oz proof Libertad but some Medals must have similar issues. It's not endemic but entirely possible that some medals will suffer.



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[Quicksilver]

My expo medals that arrived within a week were in perfect condition. I posted the photos in the “today thread”. They were then sent for grading.

I am still waiting on a medal that’s been in transit for almost four weeks. Could the damage have occurred to the recent deliveries due to the time spent in transit?