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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1514668, member: 112&quot;]If you follow their submission rules, you can&#039;t.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Highly doubtful, in the time it takes for the coin to leave you, get to the TPG, and get graded, not much is going to happen. Could the coin get 1 or 2 additional hairlines or a light scratch ? Yes of course it <u>could</u>, but that does not mean that it <u>will</u>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They are kind of covering their backsides when they do this. The TPGs are well aware of the risks in using mylar flips. But they are also well aware of the risks in using soft PVC flips. And, they are also aware of the time frames involved in getting coins graded. When the TPGs get really busy a coin may sit in that flip for up to 2 or even 3 months. So they consider the risk of the coin being in a PVC flip for that amount of time to be a greater risk than that of using a mylar flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, they recommend you use mylar flips for shipping them the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you have to understand is this, it is not the shipping of the coins to the TPG that you should be worried about because that it is only for a short period of time. What collectors need to worry about is the long term storage of their coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you use mylar flips to store coins, over time that coin may be taken in and out of the flip many, many times. And it will also be sliding around inside that flip many, many, times. It is the repetition that creates the greater risk. For with repetition the coin may acquire a lot of hairlines, a lot of flip rub. And that will definitely have a negative impact on the grade or condition of your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one and only one type of coin holder that poses no risk to your coins - the hard plastic coin holders. But there are many different brands of hard plastic coin holders - any of them can be used, and safely.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ALL</b> other types of coin holders, PVC flips, mylar flips, cardboard 2x2s, albums, folders, envelopes, rolls, coin tubes, etc etc etc - all of them pose risks of various kinds to your coins. And no, that is not an opinion, that is a fact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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