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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1098795, member: 19423&quot;]Doug, I know the new PCGS sniffer technology is set up to detect Blue Ribbon, but it is my understanding if that is detected on the coin (or any other foreign substance detected) it doesn&#039;t automatically render the coin ungradable.&nbsp; The information from the sniffer is instead passed along to the graders to be used as supplemental information during their in hand evaluation of the coin where they are the final judge of whether or not the coin is indeed gradable after considering all of the information.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I suspect that if it can be determined that the treatment of the coin was an old treatment which was done many years ago where the surfaces are likely now stable and not likely to change, it would get holdered, but due to the strike weakness on the reverse I think it&#039;s MS65BN maximum, maybe MS65+BN... MS66BN is extremely tough and PCGS has never given a 1909 VDB MS67BN so don&#039;t get your hopes up there!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But if the sniffer technology or the graders can tell that it&#039;s a more recent treatment on the coin, then I would suspect that the chances of getting body bagged into a Genuine holder increase significantly as the surfaces may be less stable.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even if you get it into an MS65BN holder, it&#039;s probably worth between $60-$80 or so.&nbsp; Once you factor in shipping both ways and the grading fees, it maybe isn&#039;t worth getting graded, especially if you like the coin for your album.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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