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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4517888, member: 24314"]Dear EyeAppealingCoins,</p><p><br /></p><p><b>All I will say is there is PURE <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> JUNK in <span style="color: #b30000">every</span> TPGS holder.</b> PCGS & NGS do a MUCH LARGER number of coins than ICG or ANACS. Therefore, from what I've seen, there is more damaged and altered surface JUNK in their <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie91" alt=":stinkyfeet:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> slabs than ours. I'll add more grade stretching also. </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, the TPGS's claim to assign a value or determine market acceptability. I find it hard to believe that the high-paid, expert, professional graders <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> at the top two services miss as much crap as they do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> WITHOUT MAKING a conscious <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> decision to ignore it!!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for puttied gold, I guarantee that PCGS was always the hands down #1 winner by a very large margin in this regard. Thankfully, it appears they have finally learned something or the "sniffer" is catching it for their graders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4517888, member: 24314"]Dear EyeAppealingCoins, [B]All I will say is there is PURE :blackeye: JUNK in [COLOR=#b30000]every[/COLOR] TPGS holder.[/B] PCGS & NGS do a MUCH LARGER number of coins than ICG or ANACS. Therefore, from what I've seen, there is more damaged and altered surface JUNK in their :stinkyfeet: slabs than ours. I'll add more grade stretching also. Remember, the TPGS's claim to assign a value or determine market acceptability. I find it hard to believe that the high-paid, expert, professional graders :cigar: at the top two services miss as much crap as they do :jawdrop::facepalm: WITHOUT MAKING a conscious :bookworm: decision to ignore it!! As for puttied gold, I guarantee that PCGS was always the hands down #1 winner by a very large margin in this regard. Thankfully, it appears they have finally learned something or the "sniffer" is catching it for their graders.[/QUOTE]
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