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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 24548089, member: 112"]There have been a great many who have used Verdi-Care on coins, sent them in, and had no problem getting a clean grade assigned - assuming the coin was problem free to begin with of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same cannot be said however if use Verdi-Care on a coin and then submit it under what PCGS calls their Secure Plus grading tier, NGC has the same kind of grading tier but I can't recall the name off the top of my head. The point is, when you use one of these "secure" grading tiers the coin is run through the "Sniffer" the TPGS use. And according to the TPGs, the Sniffer will detect the protective coating that Verdi-Care leaves on the coin and the coin will not be graded. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's important to note however that under all the other grading tiers the TPGs have, the coins are not run through the "Sniffer". Which is why nothing is ever detected and the coins are cleanly graded without a problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 24548089, member: 112"]There have been a great many who have used Verdi-Care on coins, sent them in, and had no problem getting a clean grade assigned - assuming the coin was problem free to begin with of course. The same cannot be said however if use Verdi-Care on a coin and then submit it under what PCGS calls their Secure Plus grading tier, NGC has the same kind of grading tier but I can't recall the name off the top of my head. The point is, when you use one of these "secure" grading tiers the coin is run through the "Sniffer" the TPGS use. And according to the TPGs, the Sniffer will detect the protective coating that Verdi-Care leaves on the coin and the coin will not be graded. It's important to note however that under all the other grading tiers the TPGs have, the coins are not run through the "Sniffer". Which is why nothing is ever detected and the coins are cleanly graded without a problem.[/QUOTE]
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