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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1578879, member: 4626&quot;]All 3 of the big TPGs (don&#039;t know what ICG&#039;s policy is on this) have three options you can choose, should the coin be a problem coin:</p><p>1. Don&#039;t slab it.&nbsp; (aka &quot;bodybagging&quot; it; it used to be this was PCGS and NGC&#039;s only option for problem coins.)</p><p>2. Slab it and only verify it as &quot;genuine.&quot;&nbsp; (Technically you can ask them to do this for non-problem coins too, but can&#039;t see why you&#039;d want them to.)</p><p>3. Slab it, give a net grade opinion on the details, (UNC details, AU details, etc.) and note the problem (this is what they&#039;ll do by default unless you specifically ask for option 1 or 2).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously #2 is desired by people intentionally selling a problem coin, like artificial toning/altered surfaces, but a buyer of a &quot;genuine&quot; coin should be suspicious of why the slab has no grading opinion.&nbsp; Coveat emptor; know what you are buying.&nbsp; About the only reason anyone would ask only for authentication and not grading is if they know it&#039;s a problem coin, so any &quot;genuine&quot; coin is almost guaranteed to be a problem coin, especially if it&#039;s suspiciously toned.&nbsp; Keep in mind that any coin slabbed as &quot;genuine&quot; the TPG is only stating that in their opinion, the coin is authentic; they are stating no opinion about the grade or any problems it may have (such as artificial toning).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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