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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1259990, member: 19423&quot;]I&#039;ve seen about the same number of these errors called &quot;mechanical errors&quot; by both PCGS and NGC.&nbsp; It is unfortunate when it happens, but as others mentioned the errors often start when people fill out the submission form wrong.&nbsp; I agree that the finalizer in the grading process should be watching a little more closely to these things don&#039;t get out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have had a few of these mechanical errors on past submissions and I know for sure PCGS will pay shipping both ways and correct it for free if they think it&#039;s a big enough error.&nbsp; For example, if they had a regular 1909 VDB in a holder that says 1909-S VDB... they wouldn&#039;t want that out on the market and they&#039;d make sure it gets fixed.&nbsp; But in most cases you at least need to pay to ship it to them (or drop it off to them in person at a major coin show).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of mechanical errors, something like the difference between VDB and no VDB is easy to see.&nbsp; Also, whether a coin has a mintmark or not is easy to spot just by looking at it.&nbsp; But if the major grading companies can still make mechanical errors of this type, isn&#039;t it also likely that the grade itself may have a mechanical error???&nbsp; When you&#039;re looking at that coin graded MS65RD, maybe it was supposed to have been MS64RD or maybe MS66RD???&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen mistakes like that which were obvious.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a VF Indian Cent that was in an MS64RB holder!!!! an obvious mistake.&nbsp; But would a MS64RD in an MS65RD holder be obvious???&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, never rely 100% on what is written on the label.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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