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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 26438163, member: 17261"]Man, PCGS sucks....that's a BEAUTIFUL example. I assisted a friend for about 4 years with his PCGS submissions of memorial cents. I could not believe most of the grades we got back - for sure he had some top pops but they knocked 'em down 1 grade. Out of hundreds of submissions, he only achieved a single top pop in RB (it's also an example coin on their website today). </p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, I reviewed thousands of coins for him that he already whittled down from hundreds of OBW rolls - the best of the best of the best. Some damn near flawless coins with extreme luster (some of the best I've ever seen) and clean fields were submitted - conclusion: 100% PCGS keeps the top pops down intentionally. In many cases, we submitted coins that were obviously nicer than existing top pops, only to get dropped 1 point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 26438163, member: 17261"]Man, PCGS sucks....that's a BEAUTIFUL example. I assisted a friend for about 4 years with his PCGS submissions of memorial cents. I could not believe most of the grades we got back - for sure he had some top pops but they knocked 'em down 1 grade. Out of hundreds of submissions, he only achieved a single top pop in RB (it's also an example coin on their website today). Honestly, I reviewed thousands of coins for him that he already whittled down from hundreds of OBW rolls - the best of the best of the best. Some damn near flawless coins with extreme luster (some of the best I've ever seen) and clean fields were submitted - conclusion: 100% PCGS keeps the top pops down intentionally. In many cases, we submitted coins that were obviously nicer than existing top pops, only to get dropped 1 point.[/QUOTE]
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