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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3811099, member: 71642"]Things develop after slabbing. I had a couple of PCGS coins (and really, it is any company) and saw PVC. Had it sent in by a dealer friend with a couple other things. I figured they'd crack it, acetone it, and re-slab it, but they declined. On careful perusal of their guarantee, PVC is excluded. I presume it is because it can show up later.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I pulled up my big girl pants and bit the bullet. Cracked it out of a top pop slab and acetone'd it myself. Then sent it to NGC so it could go in a registry set there. I would have left it in PCGS plastic but as long as it was getting cracked I ended up sending it to where I have submitting privileges. </p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Detail of the pvc:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016207[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And in the NGC slab. I have the white balance a bit different in the two photo sessions. But you can see the green gunk is gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016209[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, it was a nice enough coin to preserve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3811099, member: 71642"]Things develop after slabbing. I had a couple of PCGS coins (and really, it is any company) and saw PVC. Had it sent in by a dealer friend with a couple other things. I figured they'd crack it, acetone it, and re-slab it, but they declined. On careful perusal of their guarantee, PVC is excluded. I presume it is because it can show up later. So, I pulled up my big girl pants and bit the bullet. Cracked it out of a top pop slab and acetone'd it myself. Then sent it to NGC so it could go in a registry set there. I would have left it in PCGS plastic but as long as it was getting cracked I ended up sending it to where I have submitting privileges. PCGS [ATTACH=full]1016206[/ATTACH] Detail of the pvc: [ATTACH=full]1016207[/ATTACH] And in the NGC slab. I have the white balance a bit different in the two photo sessions. But you can see the green gunk is gone. [ATTACH=full]1016209[/ATTACH] In any case, it was a nice enough coin to preserve.[/QUOTE]
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