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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2920656, member: 1892&quot;]First, to just lay the blame on &quot;PCGS was deceived&quot; would be to give the doctors too little credit. These were lifelong coin people, genuine experts in the field who had a pretty clear idea of how the coin <b>should</b> look in order to pass inspection, long experience interacting with the TPG&#039;s, and the technical skill to alter the coins in near-unrecognizable fashion. They weren&#039;t rookies dipping coins at the kitchen sink. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Second, it would not be at all surprising if, down the road, it&#039;s revealed that PCGS (or <i>all</i> of the TPG&#039;s) knew this practice was common amongst high-level submitters, and allowed it to happen by straight-slabbing the results. They then decided that too much information regarding it was getting out into the public eye (this would be a good time to start worshiping Laura Sperber if you don&#039;t already), and decided to cut off the gravy train. The lawsuit was the notice that they were ending the &quot;arrangement,&quot; and having sent the message it wasn&#039;t really necessary to force the suit to a conclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, given the carefully-crafted <b>subjective</b> nature of coin evaluation, I can&#039;t say I&#039;m sure that deliberate alteration of coins violates any law and/or rule which gives a lawsuit something solid enough to push against. To my mind, this is likely the reason the suit went away; it would have backed PCGS into declaring a much more objective standards set which they&#039;re incapable of conforming to (beause it&#039;s not possible).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As to your specific question, I&#039;m no fan of TPG&#039;s at all but the fact that they play a <b>vital</b> role in the hobby is inarguable. If your coins are of a type normally recognized by reasonable collectors as &quot;submission-worthy,&quot; related to the need for authenticity verification and/or resale value down the road, by all means submit them with reasonable confidence. There&#039;s plenty of anecdotal evidence - all of it true - that TPG&#039;s sometimes really screw up an opinion of a single coin, but the thousands they get right don&#039;t receive any publicity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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