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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8614970, member: 20480&quot;]Sometimes, but not always.&nbsp; After posting to this thread, I thought back to a submission of mine some 30 or so years ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was contacted by a very prominent PCGS dealer immediately after I submitted numerous patterns, and before I had them back in hand he was asking me to sell.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t question the efficacy of his actions at the time, and did end up selling to him.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Later on, I learned he was one of the PCGS staff.&nbsp; I find it entirely believable that the graders don&#039;t know for sure who&#039;s coins are who&#039;s in the grading room, but others clearly have access to &quot;insider information&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I recall accurately, PCGS had rules in place prohibiting graders from dealing in coins.&nbsp; Evidently, other staff members were not held to the same standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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