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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Farstaff, post: 357200, member: 2344&quot;]Why are they taking photos? See below This sounds like a good idea to me and it apparently will be helpful to myself and others in detecting substituted counterfeit coins placed in the holders. As a purchaser of coins occasionally online I can go to their site and see a professional photo of the coin, to grade myself, before my purchase.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>From their site:</p><p><b>AuthentiVIEW ™:</b> DGS is introducing a new service called AuthentiVIEW ™ which is integral to the submission process. All coins submitted above the &quot;Budget&quot; tier (i.e. valued above $100) will be imaged -- this image will serve as an authentication tool for any DGS certified coin. Anyone will be able to go online, enter a serial # and see an image of the coin in the holder after it was graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual Population Report: DGS will be the first grading service to have an entirely visual population report on our web site. Users who wish to look up populations will be able to see the AuthentiVIEW images of all the coins graded. Feigenbaum states, &quot;We anticipate this to be a useful tool for all numismatists. Just imagine the ability to see every 1901-S quarter we&#039;ve certified; or a more common coin like the 1933-S Walker. This visual archive will be available to everyone.&quot; The Visual Population Report will be available as soon as 1000 coins have been graded.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another item that they will be doing is <b>not body bagging </b>problem coins. If you pay for a service they will provide a service.</p><p><br /></p><p>From their site:</p><p><b>Net Grading of Problem Coins:</b> Coins that have been cleaned, repaired, or damaged in any way will be slabbed in the same holder and label as undamaged coins, but the holder will describe the problem without &quot;net grading the coin&quot;. Coins will not be double-punished. The actual best determination of grade will be stated along with the notation of the problem. For example a coin may be described as: DGS AU55: Lightly Cleaned, Reverse scratches. According to Feigenbaum, &quot;most coins are not perfect or original and it&#039;s a shame not to have them in holders.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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