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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2921477, member: 112&quot;]Nobody can say it. There are without doubt still coins in PCGS slabs, and other TPG slabs as well, that have been doctored using various methods. And doctored coins are still being slabbed today.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To a certain degree the backlash was minimized because PCGS was coming across as the good guy - in the eyes of the general public. The suit made PCGS look like the victim - not somebody who could not not do the job they were being paid to do. As always, their marketing was excellent because they put a great spin on the story. A simple matter of perspective in other words.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t. As a matter of fact it can&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of folks don&#039;t seem to understand what the sniffer is let alone what it can do and what it cannot do. Or even when or if it used. The vast majority of coins submitted to PCGS never even get close to the sniffer, let alone be run through it. The sniffer is only used on a tiny, tiny, percentage of the coins graded and slabbed by PCGS. Or any of the other TPGs, and yes they all have a sniffer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well - yes, there is. And not just about doctored coins. For let&#039;s not forget the counterfeits that are slabbed as genuine, and there&#039;s far more of them than most people think there are. And let&#039;s not forget the gross over-grading that occurs on an hourly basis, check that, minute by minute by basis. But then that is what PCGS is best at - marketing their company. They have always done a better job of it than anybody else. But to a large degree it is the public&#039;s own fault for they eat up that advertising like candy. They swallow it all hook line and sinker ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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