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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7485698, member: 101855"]I might be wrong, but my perception is that when you try to cross from NGC to PCGS, you have two strikes against you if you are looking to get the same or (WOW!) a better grade. PCGS really does not like the competition. If you want to cross, I think that you need to bite the bullet and crack it out. As for the $30,000, 1797 Bust Half Dollar, sadly $30 grand does not buy much for that coin. The Grey Sheet price for a Good is $27,500, and that is supposed to be wholesale. I have also heard from experienced dealers that the 1797 half is lot harder to find with good eye appeal than the 1796 varieties. Years ago when I was a dealer, another dealer paid me $100 to take an NGC graded coin to see if it would cross to PCGS. I told him it probably wouldn't because it was an MS-64 Seated Half Dollar, and it had been dipped. He tried and failed, wasting another $100 + dollars. It was a nice coin, but PCGS has a certain "look" that they want, and that one did not have it.[/QUOTE]