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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 5820767, member: 246&quot;]Your first paragraph is an often told story. I&#039;ve heard it attributed to several big time dealers since around 1986. The only sliver of truth to it I&#039;ve ever found is that certain people can have the coin reviewed as a kind of unofficial regrade. Rather than go through the regrade process, they can state their case as to why it should be a higher grade. I&#039;ve been told that sometimes it works, but mostly it does not. A generic MS64 does not magically become an MS65 just because they asked. However, they can make the case that a very low end MS65 that was graded MS64 belongs in an MS65 slab. </p><p><br /></p><p>One more than one occasion I have questioned the grade of a coin and they have reviewed for free. One time a grader called me to explain why the coin didn&#039;t receive the designation I was expecting. Another time at a show I spoke to a grader on a recently graded coin and I complained that for the 3rd time it graded AU58 and I believe the coin is MS. He offered to take a look and upon regrade it was slabbed MS. Nefarious plot? No, they are just willing to take a second look when some people ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your second paragraph sounds like bulk grading. Anyone with 100 of the same type coin can submit the entire batch at a reduced cost and you can list a minimum grade. Those that don&#039;t meet the minimum grade get returned raw and there is no cost to the submitter. This service is available to everyone. And I&#039;m not sure if you personally can afford it, but the cost typically starts around $7 a coin, so it is affordable to most people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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