A variety of old holder golds arrived today!

Because I think it's PVC residue. And the TPGs will not slab a coin that has PVC residue on it. Or at least they sure didn't use to. Today, apparently they will.

 

To a large degree, yes.

 

Gold sometimes develops verdigris, and yes they will slab coins with verdigris on them. But when they do, there is never very much of it, just a little here and there. That coin has green all over the place - both sides. So the chances of it it being verdigris are pretty much nil. Therefore the green must be something else, and the most likely candidate is PVC residue. And neither NGC nor PCGS will slab coins with PVC residue on them - or as I said at least they never used to.



No Grades
PCGS will not grade and encapsulate any coins with the following problems:

82 Filed Rims Rim(s) and/or edge is filed.

83 Peeling Lamination Potential for sealing damage.

84 Holed and/or Plugged Any filled or non-filled hole.

86 No Opinion – our experts are unable to determine a coin’s authenticity –
fee not refunded

87 Not Eligible For Service Selected – the coin is too valuable for the
chosen service level – fee refunded

90 Questionable Authenticity – the coin is most likely a counterfeit.

91|N-1 Questionable/Artificial Toning (or Questionable Color for copper)

92|N-2 Cleaned – surface damage due to a harsh, abrasive cleaning

93|N-3 Planchet Flaw - Metal impurity or defect in the planchet –
depends on severity

94|N-4 Altered Surface - Whizzed, harsh cleaning, thumbed over
(using a pasty substance to cover defects or alter the appearance).

95|N-5 Scratch - depends on the severity of the scratch. Rim dent.

96|N-6 No Service – coins we do not certify (i.e. medals, some privately
made issues, etc.) or cannot certify (i.e. over-sized coins)

97|N-7 Environmental Damage – i.e. corrosion, coating (lacquer),
excessively heavy toning, etc.

98|N-8 Damage – deliberate surface damage, i.e. graffiti, spot(s) removed,
etc. – depends on severity

99|N-9 PVC (Poly-Vinyl-Chloride) – a plasticizer used to produce vinyl that
will leach out of the holder and onto the coin, eventually damaging the
surfaces.


No Grade Description
90 Not Genuine
91 Artificial Color
92 Cleaning
93 Planchet Flaw
94 Altered Surfaces
95 Scratch / Rim Dent
96 Refund - No Service
97 Environmental Damage
98 Damage
99 PVC

 

PVC residue has many different looks and many different colors, the variables are almost limitless. It can be clear, almost invisble; it can be milky looking; any shade of green, brown, and even white just to name a few. And it can be of several different textures ranging from slimy even to the touch, dried and hard or even flaky. It all depends on how much of it got onto the coin and how long it has been there.

This particular coin has been cleaned, not harshly cleaned - cleaned, in an effort to remove the PVC residue. Unfortunately they didn't get it all and what you see is what remains.

Now, let's say you're right, let's say it's not PVC residue. The fact remains that it IS something, it is a foreign material on the coin - environmental contamination of one kind or another. That much cannot be denied. And since it is there, the coin cannot be graded.

 

Uhhhhh - "dirt" is not considered environmental contamination.

You'll find plenty of slabbed coins that have verdigris on them too, that's not environmental contamination either.