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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;majorbigtime, post: 652787, member: 19434&quot;]Yes, it happens and is scary IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had two experiences involving such situations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Awhile ago, I bought a NCS 1804 bust dime and wanted it in an ANACS holder. ANACS said it was a cast counterfeit. Fortunately, I saved the NCS insert and the dealer/auctioneer (who thought the coin was OK and handled the submission) took the coin back, refunded my money, and sent it back to NCS to be re-holdered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently,&nbsp; I cracked-out a 1797 bust half dime in an ANACS net-grade holder marked &quot;corroded, scratched and bent&quot; and submitted it to PCSG with the intent of getting it into a Genuine holder. After a prolonged stay at PCGS (the other coins in the same submission class came back weeks earlier), it came back&nbsp; &quot;no decision/refund&quot;. I then resubmitted it to ANACS (raw) and it slabbed, same as before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can accept that a grade is just an opinion, and may vary from one service to another. But authenticity?? </p><p><br /></p><p>In fairness, PCGS did not state that the former ANACS coin was fake, just &quot;no decision&quot;. I beleive the coin is OK, and so does ANACS (two submissions). I guess one could applaud PGCS for honesty in stating that is unsure, and not charging for the submission to boot. Still, isn&#039;t there something wrong when the largest TPG on Planet Earth can&#039;t make an &quot;up or down&quot; decision regarding authenticity?</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the TPGs should be able to state (and guarantee) that a coin is or is not &quot;real&quot; (i.e., not counterfeit or altered) except in extreme cases (such as with a basal state coin&nbsp; so far gone that a determination cannot be made).</p><p><br /></p><p>What say thee?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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