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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 512423, member: 1242&quot;]Mardi,</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to Coin Talk! NTC as a TPG and to my knowledge has never sold coins to the public. As a grading service, their business was/is to certify and grade coins for customers and to sell coins would be a conflict of interest. However, when a TPG purchases or replaces a coin under their&#039; guarantee, they will sell the accumulated inventory in lots to specific Coin Dealer customers and these slabbed coins are generally re-sold to the public with the understanding that these are problem coins or problem slabs (holders). Your father more than likely purchased the coin from an unscrupulous Coin Dealer that knew that the coin was overgraded. This happens all too often in the Coin Market and overgraded coins are sold at the graded price no matter what TPG&#039;s holder in which the coin resides. Yes, there are overgraded coins on the market from every TPG that is or ever has been in business as a grading service. As with PCI graded coins, bargains can be had when purchasing coins in NTC holders if you just follow the well advertised advice on Coin Talk which is to &quot;buy the coin, not the slab&quot;. In that, it means to purchase the coin based on it&#039;s appearance and the grade you believe it to be and not what is noted on the slab (holder)!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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