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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 872596, member: 112&quot;]I think what is going to happen is pretty clear. </p><p><br /></p><p>81. Q: <b>I have heard in the past that Regrades are cracked out by PCGS and regraded with the graders not having knowledge of the prior grade. Is this also true for Secure Plus Regrades? If I submit a coin for Secure Plus in an MS64 holder that is super high-end, borderline MS65, will the graders have the knowledge that it was in an MS64 holder, and use that information in their decision whether to call it an MS64+ or an MS65?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>DW: <i>Your understanding of how Regrades work is correct. It works exactly the same way for Secure Plus. The graders will grade the coin whatever it is, with no knowledge of what is was previously.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>58. Q: <b>If I submit my already PCGS-slabbed coins for Secure Plus, are my coins subject to regrading, and therefore I could see upgrades, downgrades and Plus designations?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>DW: <i>if you submit your PCGS coin as a Regrade under any service, you are guaranteed that the grade will not go down. Under Secure Plus you could get a higher grade, a +, or the same grade you started with. I have seen coins regraded through Secure Plus that upgraded to a +; that upgraded a full point; and that upgraded a full point plus the +.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>45. Q: <b>At what point will the scanned image of the coin be used to determine the grade by comparison with other scanned images of the same date/type/grade of coin that is already recorded into the computer&#039;s memory bank? Or will grading forever be left up to the human eye, and the laser scanning application only used for recording-information purposes.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>DW: <i>We have no plans to replace the graders (human eye) with a machine. The huge benefit provided by Secure Plus is we will now know the grading history of any coin previously sent in. Secure Plus is not intended to provide the grade for the coin. It is to provide information to the Verifier.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>96. Q: <b>Is it true that once a coin is in a Secure Plus holder its grade can never change?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>DW: <i>Coins that are in Secure Plus holders are no more &quot;locked into their grade&quot; than coins in a regular holder.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Every coin that is submitted to PCGS for regrading will be evaluated by our graders without them knowing if the coin was previously graded, and if so, what that grade was.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>When a coin&#039;s grade is finalized by the verifier with Secure Plus, he will be notified if the coin has been previously graded and will have digital photographs that he can use for comparison. Obviously this will help us detect if the coin has changed color or been altered in some other way. It does not mean that the coin&#039;s grade cannot change if he and the graders believe it should be. I think this will actually help us assign the proper, and best, grade to every coin.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said before - business as usual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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