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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 90995, member: 3918&quot;]TPGs have a reputation to uphold.&nbsp; TPGs like PCGS makes a lot of tough decisions but I think they are the right ones.&nbsp; These days, it is easy to make fakes/counterfeits of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no reason to have slabbed junk coins, TPGs would be wasting their time and money slabbing coins that have been cleaned/damaged or faked.&nbsp; The reason to slab coins is to provide authenticy and to keep collectors from getting scammed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin grading is expensive, PCGS employs many professional graders which are not free.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of overhead in that kind of business.&nbsp; Whether or not your coin is slabbed is completely up to them.&nbsp; If they do not slab it, then it&#039;s their professional opinion that it shouldn&#039;t be.&nbsp; They should be given the respect they deserve.&nbsp; Just because your coin is bodybagged, does not mean that it was not professionally graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin scammers have come up with ingenious methods to make fakes.&nbsp; There are chemicals and other methods to retone cleaned or problem coins.&nbsp; Some are masters at creating authentic looking fakes.&nbsp; One example I read about on this forum is taking a 1909 V.D.B. reverse and mating it with a 1909-s obverse to fake a 1909-s V.D.B.&nbsp; Before the hobby protection act, there were restrikes and copies of just about every coin out there that for all intensive purposes looked authentic.&nbsp; Graders have a hard time with some old copies and restrikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin has active corrosion on it, then slabbing will just make it worse.&nbsp; Slabs are designed to keep coins the way they were when they were graded for the years to come.&nbsp; A coin with verde gris or active PVC will eventually turn into dust whether it&#039;s in a holder or not.&nbsp; It defeats the purpose of slabbing in the first place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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