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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2757880, member: 24314&quot;]This was not directed to me but:&nbsp; <b><i><span style="color: #b300b3">YES! A thousand times yes.</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b300b3"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3"><span style="color: #000000">I like to call it weasel-out, wiggle room.&nbsp; All the TPGS employ it.&nbsp; You can study their slabs, and use their services on a weekly basis; yet that will not prepare you for the &quot;Black Swan&quot; coins or obvious mistakes like the quarter in the OP.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3"><span style="color: #000000">Yesterday, I saw a $15,000 rare date AU $2 1/2 dollar from a very famous collection with a large and obvious gouge that was straight graded by a </span></span><span style="color: #b300b3"><span style="color: #000000">top TPGS.&nbsp; The dealer keeps getting it returned as no one wants it.&nbsp; IMO, that coin will never be put in a &quot;details&quot; holder so no point trying to get the slab corrected.&nbsp; I have seen much more badly damaged coins from famous collections that were straight graded. </span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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