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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bayern, post: 3527362, member: 99002&quot;]I saw before and after photos of a PCGS ‘conserved’ coin that did not turn out well (local coin shop submission). The coin was sent off to PCGS to be conserved and re-slabbed. Water had gotten into the slab, and left an area of pale grey staining on a small portion of the coin. When the coin came back, it looked as though the area in question had been scrubbed with steel wool. Terrible hairlines... The hairlines were not there in the before photos, this was done during the conservation process. The coin also received a regular grade, not a details grade after the conservation. This was a very high value coin, so very unfortunate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>From other examples I have seen the coins sent for conservation come out looking much better, so don’t know what happened in this case. It seemed as though a new person was given the conservation task... after the above detailed experience, the LCS stated they would not be using PCGS for any future coins requiring conservation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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