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Message:: [QUOTE="ziggy29, post: 16970, member: 1113"]In this case, I might ask for a crossover in the current holder; here's why. As Jody mentioned, Trade dollars are VERY heavily counterfeited, particularly in Asia.  If ANACS returned the coin to you as a fake, presumably it would still be in its current PCI holder.  With the note from ANACS that the coin was a fake -- AND the coin in the same PCI holder as you received it from the seller -- any halfway reputable seller will guarantee authenticity unconditionally for life.  And if you bought from a reputable seller, you should be able to get a refund if the coin turned out to be a fake.  If this was some "estate sale, I know nothing about coins, no returns, good luck" eBay auction, you may not have that recourse. If you crack the coin out before submitting, you have no real evidence that it's the same coin you purchased.  And many dealers would understandably balk at accepting a return.  There's a reason why most return policies require that coins be returned unopened in the same holder they shipped in.  Too many con artists could take swap coins and take advantage otherwise. Normally I "crack out" and submit raw when I want to get coins out of "disrespected" slabs.  But when I suspect damage to a coin that would send it back in a "bodybag", or if it's a coin that's heavily counterfeited or faked by alteration, I'd send it in the slab for a crossover.[/QUOTE]