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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IAMMore, post: 2901107, member: 90209&quot;]PCGS is an old boys club.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was told recently by a dealer, that they had to use a person that is known well in PCGS circles to submit a coin for them in order to get a favorable grade. They also paid him to do it! </p><p><br /></p><p>Same dealer told me he was told by the person working in PCGS at the time, that when they received new batch of modern gold eagles they graded them in 3 days. In other words, they were pretty much just slapping labels on them. </p><p><br /></p><p>On top of that, recently I had my own disappointing experience with them. Sent them 4 pristine gold eagles NGC MS70 for cross-over, which I inspected at 5x and 10x prior crossing, none of them crossed. I doubt they even bother to look at them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, I lost trust with PCGS and refuse to grade with them or even buy coins they grade, unless there are no suitable alternatives on the market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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