Late-night eBay browsing led me to discovering this - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-PCGS-G...=527400671188350700&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1& I thought it was trick photography at first glance! Not a serious question, but just out of pure curiosity - Do you think PCGS would reholder this coin at the $10 standard fee? I mean, seriously, how would they even get the darn thing open? The device they use to un-sonically seal their holders would be no match, right? Just an interesting topic to discuss - Has anyone ever had PCGS slabs damaged in a fire? If so, did you manage to get any that didn't suffer damage reholdered?
Examples Some examples of what happens to encapsulation devices and can be done afterwards: PCGS Currency holders protectPCGS Currency Holders “Take the Heat” NGC/NCS does, see this old article:Fire Damaged Coins Conserved and @ NCS
I had a slab return home after a 6 month photo contest with a partial meldown at the gasket. It was reholdered at the normal $10 fee.
Bummer Bob. It looks like you didn't do it soon enough and some air got in there and toned that cent!
Ugh. I would be very upset and fire off a strong worded letter to the people in charge. Oh well, I guess you will have to live with it. Let those colors be a reminder to you.
They may or may not reholder it because it was not a PCGS product, it was a Collectors Universe product using PCGS shells.
