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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 2534894, member: 29643&quot;]What everyone is missing in all of this is that PCGS DOES, IN FACT, offer a free-grading certificate for items that they don&#039;t authenticate. The 50-cent piece is something that they will normally authenticate. The problem is that the counterstamp covers an area of the coin with minimized definition, which has a feel of &quot;plugged&quot; in this case. That might be part of what played into their decision. PCGS *did* analyze the coin. They may have had different opinions from the graders, so they couldn&#039;t reach consensus as to authentication. That&#039;s where the assessment of &quot;Authenticity Unverifiable&quot; for the coin. By contrast, if they had reached a consensus, you may have received a &quot;Questionable Authenticity&quot; label instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Circling back to the mechanic analogy: Imagine you take your car in because &quot;it doesn&#039;t start.&quot; The car makes the clicking sound but just won&#039;t turn over. They say it likely may be the starter or alternator or both are bad. After running tests, they determine both are bad, so they replace both. Car still doesn&#039;t start. They say it might be the engine, but that overhaul isn&#039;t something their shop does. You get a bill for repairing the starter and alternator. As far as you know, nothing is fixed.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s how this entire situation feels to me. PCGS obviously did something. You just aren&#039;t happy with the outcome. I envision those signs you occasionally see at a garage that say:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/bc/6f/ba/bc6fba1379c78627bb47eb22d37677b2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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