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<p>[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 2809262, member: 85251"]I had no idea when crossing to PCGS you can get an upgrade. I sent in 2 coins for cross grading because they're both in older holders that are beat up/cracked and was shipping coins to them anyways. </p><p><br /></p><p>First was an 1887 NGC MS67. Great eye appeal, fantastic luster, only concern was the surfaces which I consider borderline for a 67. If I had to bet I would have bet that it crossed, maybe 55% confident. It did not cross:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/SrkcOlc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/gTGtbLh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>So that's not great news. But the second one more than made up for it. Was a 78-S in an old beat up NGC fatty MS65:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/SL7sGy4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/ud1v6KW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>and to my surprise it upgraded to a 65+! Pretty nice price jump with this date/mm from 65 to 66 so on paper it paid for my whole submission even though the rest of it didn't go great. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have luck actually getting an upgrade on a cross?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 2809262, member: 85251"]I had no idea when crossing to PCGS you can get an upgrade. I sent in 2 coins for cross grading because they're both in older holders that are beat up/cracked and was shipping coins to them anyways. First was an 1887 NGC MS67. Great eye appeal, fantastic luster, only concern was the surfaces which I consider borderline for a 67. If I had to bet I would have bet that it crossed, maybe 55% confident. It did not cross: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SrkcOlc.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gTGtbLh.jpg[/IMG] So that's not great news. But the second one more than made up for it. Was a 78-S in an old beat up NGC fatty MS65: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SL7sGy4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ud1v6KW.jpg[/IMG] and to my surprise it upgraded to a 65+! Pretty nice price jump with this date/mm from 65 to 66 so on paper it paid for my whole submission even though the rest of it didn't go great. Anyone else have luck actually getting an upgrade on a cross?[/QUOTE]
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