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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2035559, member: 15929&quot;]I rarely submit to NGC but have purchased NGC Graded coins for submission to PCGS. I suppose that could be considered the same as the subject matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, I purchased an NGC MS65 1978 Eisenhower Dollar.</p><p>Submitted it for Crossover Service to PCGS as I could have sworn it was an MS66</p><p>PCGS graded it MS64</p><p>I cracked it out of the PCGS Slab, submitted it raw</p><p>It came back MS65</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an ANACS grade 1961 Type B Washington which had a clip in an MS64(?) slab.</p><p>I submitted it for crossover service to PCGS and it came back Genuine Cleaned</p><p>I mailed the coin out to Mark Feld for his opinion and he showed it around to several well know dealers. Their opinion were mixed in that some detected what could have been a very light cleaning. Others graded it MS65.</p><p>When I got the coin back, I submitted it raw to PCGS and it came back in an MS63 holder.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Moral of the Story:</b> Grading is an opinion and as such it is open to interpretation. There simply are NO ABSOLUTES, only OPINIONS. Coins may or may not receive the same grade as it really all depends upon how much money you are willing to throw at the TPG&#039;s, which they, of course, have no problem with at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some folks look at this in a negative light in that, once a coin achieves the desired grade (by the submitter), then it is now at a point where resubmission could only achieve a downgrade and as such a loss of investment which may or may not make it a bad coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too MUCH emphasis has been placed on and given to TPG&#039;s that it is now at the point where if a TPG does not approve of the coin, then its a bad coin and NOTHING could be further from the truth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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