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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1841251, member: 29751&quot;]Firstly, I will just say that <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=906759" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=906759" rel="nofollow"><b>I have been asking the same question over on the PCGS boards</b></a>, and there is no one there that can answer it for me (or seems to care!).&nbsp; I have actually noticed more than just medals, as they have also started to grade civil war tokens, some so-called-dollars, Conder tokens, Hard-times tokens, and a few other things they used to never touch.&nbsp; I asked if there was either 1) an official announcement by PCGS related to this or 2) a full listing on the PCGS website of the items they <i>will </i>grade.&nbsp; Neither question received an answer or any attention on their boards.&nbsp; (shrug)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, secondly, regarding the medal you posted.&nbsp; That medal appearing on eBay recently is actually what prompted my post on the PCGS boards yesterday morning.&nbsp; With regard to that specific piece, I have two complaints.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">1) </span></b>I don&#039;t agree with the grade of MS66, I&#039;d say it&#039;s closer to MS64/65.&nbsp; </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">2) </span></b>And, in addition (and more importantly), I don&#039;t believe it is an original period piece dating to 1714, given the die rust areas -- it looks to be a restrike to me.&nbsp; Look at the areas behind the bust, the right fields, and the reverse.&nbsp; There are spread about on the surfaces signs of a rusted die -- usually tell-tale signs of a much later striking from original rusted dies.&nbsp; You can see the <a href="http://images.pcgs.com/SecurePlus/28699943_max.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.pcgs.com/SecurePlus/28699943_max.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>very large PCGS SecurePlus images of the medal at this link</b></a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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