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<p>[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 1212274, member: 16994"]I have a story... and I can attest that it is 100% true because it happened to me and my customer. </p><p><br /></p><p>As some of you know I am working on a very expensive collection with a customer of mine. While attending one of the many conventions I do my customer happened to come along and brought some of his coins with him. One of which I thought was an under graded 1796 quarter. The coin sat in a PCGS AU50 holder. The coin was clearly a nicer coin then an AU50. I happened to buy this coin from a certain former coin dealer who now happens to be one of the head honchos at PCGS. PCGS had announced at the show that they were going to have this certain person looking at coins at the show at their table at a certain time and giving free opinions. We ran the coin by the table in the holder... showed it to the certain person and he agreed that it should be an AU53. We walked it over and submitted it in the show walk through tier... and wham... it's in the AU53 holder. Did this certian someone have anything to do with this??? </p><p><br /></p><p>You be the judge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LostDutchman, post: 1212274, member: 16994"]I have a story... and I can attest that it is 100% true because it happened to me and my customer. As some of you know I am working on a very expensive collection with a customer of mine. While attending one of the many conventions I do my customer happened to come along and brought some of his coins with him. One of which I thought was an under graded 1796 quarter. The coin sat in a PCGS AU50 holder. The coin was clearly a nicer coin then an AU50. I happened to buy this coin from a certain former coin dealer who now happens to be one of the head honchos at PCGS. PCGS had announced at the show that they were going to have this certain person looking at coins at the show at their table at a certain time and giving free opinions. We ran the coin by the table in the holder... showed it to the certain person and he agreed that it should be an AU53. We walked it over and submitted it in the show walk through tier... and wham... it's in the AU53 holder. Did this certian someone have anything to do with this??? You be the judge.[/QUOTE]
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