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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1826408, member: 44079&quot;]Well I hadn&#039;t seen your last post there until just now.&nbsp; The statement about both saying they use ANA standards was said because I had been told that by several coin shop operators.&nbsp; I agree that it falls flat the more I dig into it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the APMEX sales of Liberty Dollars VG, here is what they wrote me back.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Thank you for your inquiry. The grading books give guides for technical grading. Sometimes this is in line with the market, but other times it is not. For Seated Liberty dollars, as long as the coin has full rims, the market will accept it as a Very Good. There are many Seated Dollars in PCGS and NGC Very Good-8 holders that have full rims, but do not have three letters from Liberty visible&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I now fully acknowledge that Redbook has tougher grading standards than does the &quot;Grading Standards&quot; book.&nbsp; I truly thought otherwise when this thread began.&nbsp; I know better now, and it isn&#039;t just the Seated Liberty Dollars that applies to.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[A result and recent realization is that by following Redbook standards when purchasing and grading my purchases for past years a lot of my coins were graded by me possibly a little low &quot;Grading Standards&quot; standards.&nbsp; I find I should now regrade lots of my coins and that will take some time.&nbsp; Ouch.]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the TPGs and changing of rules.&nbsp; I noted (on their website) yesterday PCGS now offers a coin restoration service.&nbsp; Coins restored by them will be slabbed and certified by them.&nbsp; I do not know if the slab containing such a coin will also have a comment indicating the coin was altered or restored by them.&nbsp; That being said, I am toying with joining them and sending them some silver junk (fire damaged coins (acquired pretty cheaply)) to see what comes back.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So in conclusion my original belief which inspired this post was 100% wrong.&nbsp; Only Redbook expects 3 letters to be readable as a bare minimum.&nbsp; I will continue to look for bargains on Ebay, by seeking coins graded by Redbook standards at the same price as coins graded by ANA standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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