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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2883391, member: 15929&quot;]I am quite surprised that [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER] didn&#039;t mention it and instead suggested TPG&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, unless the error is as obvious as two-bills on a duck, the TPG&#039;s don&#039;t have the resources nor the least bit of experience in attributing errors much less identifying them which is why they sometimes use Fred as an Expert.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent in one coin to PCGS only to have them take my money and claim that the coin was not an error. Complain long enough and Don Willis will send you a degrading email challenging your credibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fred may recall when I sent them a &quot;disk clip&quot; on a 1971-S Eisenhower Proof. PCGS would not touch it even though I pointed them to the specific error in Fred&#039;s Error Encyclopedia. My objections were eventually met with a snarky email from Mr. Willis stating that I reminded him of Demi Moore in the movie a Few Good Men where she &quot;strenuously objected&quot;. The only problem was is that my coin was in fact a bonafide error that they simply thought was too &quot;minor&quot; for their prestigious name to be on. (Tell that to the Speared Bison Folks!) And yes, it still pisses me off that PCGS thinks they are so high and mighty that they can offord to turn their noses up at the obvious! (I really miss David Hall!)</p><p><br /></p><p>IN short, joining a TPG specifically with the intent of them attributing or identifying an error on a coin is just silly because they simply do NOT have the expertise to make such a call. </p><p><br /></p><p>Join CONECA because these folks DO have that expertise and they live and breath Coin Error&#039;s fromn every Country on the Planet. It&#039;s what they do.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin is a suspected new variety (for CONECA) they&#039;ll even submit it to ANACS for slabbing under the new designation/attribution. </p><p><br /></p><p>You really cannot go wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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