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Message:: [QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2072004, member: 17665"]Everyone has a pet peeve. Mine is the use of PQ ( Premium Quality) coins in advertising. I was meaning to write Dave Harper of N.N. about this but let's see what you say. Many years ago I made some purchases from one of the two big box advertizers in N.N. of some silver dollars, a lot of 5 Indian Cents and a lot of 3 Liberty Nickels all said to be P.Q.- B.U. To me B.U. means just that, Brilliant Uncirculated, not brilliant cleaned, dipped or whizzed. Years after the purchase I decided to grade these myself only to find that every single coin had been cleaned. This of course was my fault for not being more diligent from the time I got them. Instead I set them aside for a rainy day. I have also found that both of these companies cherry pick even the modern issues and sets, proof and mint and even single coins so it is nearly guaranteed you will not get a coin that is worth the effort to have slabbed. To me this is both deceptive and in the case of 19th century coins, outright , outrageously against everything we hold dear to our heart in this hobby. Of course I willnever order anything from either of them in the future. This preys on the newbies, YN's and even us seasoned collectors. I know someone will say "If it's too good to be true...." but have any of you run into this before? What are your experiances and have any of you called them out on their practices? Thanks folks.[/QUOTE]