Look what PCGS forever entombed inside my War Nickel

Looks like a nice, bright-white 1942-P Proof 66 Type II Jefferson silver alloy War Nickel, doesn't it? And believe me, it is! I picked it up not long ago at an auction for a good price in an OGH.



...and upon closer inspection - at no charge - they also encased this INSIDE the slab.


So, I guess I would love to hear your comments on this Coin Talk...thread? (Haha. Get it? Coin Talk Thread!)

 

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Oh boy! Another chance at a "bash PCGS" thread. But they're becoming so easy to bash, it's almost not a challenge any more.

 

Yuck!

I hate when TPG's do that. I got a Washington Silver with a piece of plastic or Styrofoam inside on the coin.. Even George is looking at it like "what the heck is that?"

 

Oh, Man. I would have made them reholder that one.

 

If you tap the slab and make the debris move, does George's gaze follow it?

 

Nice coin. The trash in the holder is minor.

 

Pretty soon you are gonna hear about graders having to dress up like they work at

 

Someone was having a bad hair day and it wasn't Jefferson.

 

Usually, they do a pretty darn good job. I think after slabbing, 3 people review it, and a consensus is reached on a grade, and in this process, if there is debris incased, someone will reholder it.

 

One of my high school buds work there .
He's been scrubbed down, many of times over the years .

I know in the early 2000s they were working on Microwave technology, to put into satellites .

He's pretty quite these days and still a great friend, I still talk too ......

 

I highly respect Intel. I'm an investor.....and they really do need to wear those suits in order for our computers to work.
Wouldn't want any tin whiskers

 

They're just following the lead of the U.S. mint, who also likes to encapsulate little "surprises" along with their coins

 

I guess I'm just lucky, or it could be because they know that I have connections.

 

Half right.
IF they notice debris they will reholder it. But it's often missed.

Grading happens BEFORE encapsulation. Not even a mind-bender - if they encapsulated first, how would they print the grade on the label...

 

I thought one grader grades, who is usually a trusted seasoned grader, he then sonically encapsulates it, and then it gets approved by two other members.

I could be misrembering the video I saw of this procedure.

But if you are sure then please let me know.

 

You're thinking of the NGC video where they had them go through the floor in an unmarked slab. I can't imagine that was anything but for a marketing stunt for the video. PCGS they go through in the flips and then get sealed when the grade is finalized, the sealing process is what holds up most orders not the grading.

 

I posted this years ago as "Waiter, there is a hair in my slab" ATS...

 

PCGS once included a flake of green plastic in a slab with a CC Morgan that I had regraded . Took it to them at a show, and couple of days later picked it up in a new slab.

Cal

 

On the plus side that's the nicest 42-P I've ever seen.
It is under graded.
The reverse is a 69. Even if the obv is 67 it still net grades 68.

 

That's a shame, especially in that type of slab. It's an excellent coin, though. My Christmas gift to myself was also a 1942-P Type 2 PF66 (NGC).