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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4846321, member: 29751"]I have noted what seems to be a recent trend in the (loosening of standards of) slabbing clearly problem copper coins/tokens with corrosion or active green spots. I'm sure NGC does some of this also, but it's particularly evident when PCGS provides "TrueView" images of these problem coins at the time they were slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, how can this token <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34659399" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34659399" rel="nofollow"><i>straight grade</i></a> as <b>MS63BN</b> at PCGS? Not only is there a huge corrosion spot on the obverse near the "B" of <b>B</b>ROTHER, there are many spots scattered around the "ER" of BROTH<b>ER</b> below the knee. Some of these appear to be active spots (crusted, bubbly, green look to them). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/34659399_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>When the TPGs threw their copper color guarantee out the window, did they also throw out their standards?</p><p><br /></p><p><rant over></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4846321, member: 29751"]I have noted what seems to be a recent trend in the (loosening of standards of) slabbing clearly problem copper coins/tokens with corrosion or active green spots. I'm sure NGC does some of this also, but it's particularly evident when PCGS provides "TrueView" images of these problem coins at the time they were slabbed. For example, how can this token [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34659399'][I]straight grade[/I][/URL] as [B]MS63BN[/B] at PCGS? Not only is there a huge corrosion spot on the obverse near the "B" of [B]B[/B]ROTHER, there are many spots scattered around the "ER" of BROTH[B]ER[/B] below the knee. Some of these appear to be active spots (crusted, bubbly, green look to them). [IMG]https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/34659399_Large.jpg[/IMG] When the TPGs threw their copper color guarantee out the window, did they also throw out their standards? <rant over> :cigar:[/QUOTE]
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