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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1195147, member: 30400&quot;]Several years ago I bought this tough 1931-S Lincoln, PCGS 66RD. It was part of the Ron Bozarth collection and it looked pretty spectacular at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I pulled it from the safe and noticed a spot had developed on the reverse in a most unfortunate location.</p><p><br /></p><p>What appears to have happened was a doctor treated a distasteful spot, probably carbon, submitted it to obtain a lofty grade, and then moved it along to an unsuspecting buyer (me). Over time a prominent sore developed. I was bummed.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I returned it to PCGS for a &quot;spot review&quot;, which is the way you ask them to consider their grade guarantee. And I was glad to hear back that indeed, it no longer deserved a 66RD grade. PCGS will send a check, to cover my cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I am very unhappy to have lost a prized coin in my set. The unfortunate truth is that over the past dozen years doctors have been winning. Today the top TPG&#039;s are doing what they can to combat them. Sadly, it is collectors who feel the wrath, unhappy with many grading decisions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next time you get a beloved coin back in a bodybag don&#039;t get mad and blame PCGS or NGC. It is the doctors you should despise. They are the reason the TPG&#039;s make conservative judgments. They are the reason for &quot;questionable color&quot;, &quot;altered surfaces&quot;, &quot;cleaning&quot; or &quot;tooling&quot;. Coin doctors should be the target of our anger, not the graders.</p><p>Lance.</p><p>(Anyone have a nice &#039;31-S red for sale?)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/Lincolns/d2069314.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/Lincolns/db46f4b8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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