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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedie, post: 1305773, member: 28064&quot;]Not to beat a dead horse, but I&#039;ll bet dollars to donuts that if you call back and speak to a different rep, making sure to specify that you are asking about sending in sealed sets that were originally mailed to you by the Mint before the cutoff date, you&#039;d get a different answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going by the rules posted by Don Willis, President of PCGS, here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=835454&amp;STARTPAGE=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=835454&amp;STARTPAGE=1" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<font face="Arial"><font size="2">Standard First Strike rules apply to these coins</font></font>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>By the PCGS 25th Anniversary set page here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Articles/Detail/7012" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Articles/Detail/7012" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;First Strike cutoff date: December 7, 2011</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional First Strike submission guidelines may be found at <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/services/firststrike.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/services/firststrike.html" rel="nofollow">www.pcgs.com/services/firststrike.html</a>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And that link stating that: &quot;The second way PCGS can verify that a coin qualifies for First Strike designation is when a customer does not open the sealed package that came from the mint. In this instance, the package must remain completely sealed and unopened. The customer then can send that whole package in to PCGS and the receiving department will go by the postmarked date from the mint. As long as this date is prior to the cutoff date for that particular coin, it qualifies for first strike.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a dog in this fight as mine won&#039;t be sent for grading btw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your submission, may 70s rain down on you from above! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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