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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RiverGuy, post: 1044498, member: 22755&quot;]Let me start by saying I accept responsibility for what happened; however, I see no reason for asking the appropriate question.&nbsp; Last spring I took notice of PCGS and NGC offering the &quot;plus&quot; grade and began to look at the results.&nbsp; Those coins with the plus were indeed &quot;very good for the grade&quot; and did in fact positively effect the values and auction results. I reviewed my collections and decided to send 20 Lincoln Wheats to PCGS for regrade.&nbsp; All 20 were, in my opinion, top for the grade and CAC agreed with my estimation - all 20 had green CAC stickers.&nbsp; I am not a dealer but a long time collector with a budget.&nbsp; I was hoping that a minimum of 12 to 15 would get the plus grade.&nbsp; I prepaid the $18 per coin price as mandated by their published charge list and waited.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got them back Wednesday and, to my surprise, none recieved a &quot;plus&quot;.&nbsp; It turns out that PCGS offers 2 different grade scales.&nbsp; Your coin grades can be regraded under the &quot;old&quot; scale for $18; but if you are willing to pay 250% more ($45) they can be graded under the new &quot;plus&quot; tier. Your coins would also be &quot;fingerprinted&quot; - A service I had no interest in due to the lower values I submitted. The result: I spent $400 to reholder and passed up on the $1000 for a regrade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As said: I am responsible but never in my wildest dreams would I have asked the question prior to submission.&nbsp; Nothing on their website addresses this wrinkle.&nbsp; How simple would a disclaimer be?&nbsp; I simply could not imagine grade scales determined by how much I paid. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Net result, money talks and grades are for sale.&nbsp; This will probably be my last year as a Collectors Club&quot; member.&nbsp; NGC will get all my business in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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