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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 8429756, member: 22331&quot;]I&#039;ve taken hundreds of coins purchased over the period that the TPG have existed from various &quot;slabbers/TPG&quot;, and submitted to NGC and PCGS through various well experienced &quot;Dealers&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The majority graded, but I stopped when NGC was missing the grade-indicators that were self evident to experienced collectors, and returning the coins as &quot;detailed&quot;, or unworthy of a grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fairness, when I spent the appreciable additional funds to resubmit through a known NGC Dealer associate, they changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The associate explained over the phone their believed &quot;short-coming&quot;, but they still missed things like &quot;full bands&quot;, as their definitions may vary from the general industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hated selling Type I better date Double Eagles at virtually melt, but my associates loved them as raw coins when removed from the detail slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying &quot;sight-seen&quot; NGC/PCGS certified coins is far more practical than submitting raw.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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