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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1468893, member: 22004"]ANACS and NGC wouldn't do this IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, so what are their categories for problem coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/nogrades.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/nogrades.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/nogrades.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have had 1700s coppers that no grade because the date is not clear to them, etc.. I had a coin certified by one of the other grading services sent to NGC for crossover, a $20 gold coin and they said absolutely fake, phoney, a lying piece of fabricated gold. At least they call a spade a spade, and so will ANACS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin that Heritage called "questionable authenticity" though PCGS had certified AU50:</p><p><a href="http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/51157/1865-Liberty-Double-Eagle-PCGS-AU-50" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/51157/1865-Liberty-Double-Eagle-PCGS-AU-50" rel="nofollow">http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/51157/1865-Liberty-Double-Eagle-PCGS-AU-50</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Why questionable authenticity? The mintmark was obliterated according to Heritage. I saw it as an issue when I had the coin in hand, CAC would not sticker and did not find the issue significant enough to comment though I asked them specifically to examine the mintmark area. Great Collections refunded immediately upon return with the paperwork from Heritage![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1468893, member: 22004"]ANACS and NGC wouldn't do this IMO. OK, so what are their categories for problem coins. [url]http://www.pcgs.com/nogrades.html[/url] I have had 1700s coppers that no grade because the date is not clear to them, etc.. I had a coin certified by one of the other grading services sent to NGC for crossover, a $20 gold coin and they said absolutely fake, phoney, a lying piece of fabricated gold. At least they call a spade a spade, and so will ANACS. Here is a coin that Heritage called "questionable authenticity" though PCGS had certified AU50: [url]http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/51157/1865-Liberty-Double-Eagle-PCGS-AU-50[/url] Why questionable authenticity? The mintmark was obliterated according to Heritage. I saw it as an issue when I had the coin in hand, CAC would not sticker and did not find the issue significant enough to comment though I asked them specifically to examine the mintmark area. Great Collections refunded immediately upon return with the paperwork from Heritage![/QUOTE]
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