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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kidkayt, post: 1051476, member: 7275&quot;]I followed the dialog between jhinton and salty sam with interest.&nbsp; Here is my experience FWIW:&nbsp; I joined PCGS recently and sent several precious gold commems to them believing the hype that they were the best grading co.&nbsp; I got them back in plastic shrouds coated with lacquer.&nbsp; They hadn&#039;t even bothered to do a quality check on the slabbed coins after the encapsulation.&nbsp; I fought back, and the battle went on for quite a while.&nbsp; I have all the records including before and after grading photos. I haven&#039;t yet decided what to do with all the evidence but will eventually put everything out in public.&nbsp; For now I have decided that the best approach is in fact the advice given by Mr. Hinton.&nbsp; I select good coins in original mint packaging for my collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; (I should mention here that the coins which I sent to PCGS were in their OGP and capsules, and NOTHING happened to them from the late 1980&#039;s and &#039;90s when I purchased them, to sending them in to PCGS.) I still will purchase a slab every now and then but as a collector I&#039;m after the coin period!&nbsp; And I collect everything from modern cents to liberty dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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