Hi, I don't really post here often (if at all), but i wanted to ask something. I recently got this kook, it seems to have a very 'neat' scratch on the queen's hair. I was wondering if anyone knows if there was an issue with manufacturing, or is this just a very straight scratch :lol: There's some indentations within the scratch (see below) that made me suspect that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! Source:
I see, thought it was a pretty uniform scratch. Haven't encountered such a scratch on other bullion yet, perhaps cos I'm still new to the whole PM thing. Anyway, thanks for the help guys!
That's the original finish touch. "Brush looks" Only this coin looks like this, in the kookaburras 1 oz series.
I don't think it's possible to know with absolute certainty whether the scratch noted was caused at the mint or at some point after it went into the secondary market. There's no guarantee that a coin that leaves a mint will be visually flawless...in fact many bullion coins have lots of imperfections, generally speaking. With coins that carry high premiums (collector) sold directly to consumers from the mint, the QC (quality control) is stepped up considerably, usually. Why don't bullion coins get better QC? Because, as the RCM likes to put it, they are bullion coins which are intended for investors, not discerning collectors. .
