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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26056876, member: 77639&quot;]I’m very familiar with all the PCGS submission categories and have used almost of them when deemed appropriate.&nbsp; Cross, regrade and reconsideration are quite different.&nbsp; And only cross can be used for a coin in a non-PCGS holder if submitted in that holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>For initial submission, I always leave the min. grade box blank on initial submission.&nbsp; That way, they cannot give it a lower grade than the one it already has and could possibly give it a higher grade.&nbsp;&nbsp; I’ve submitted many coins for crossing and never had a boost in grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>You might ask that if I might eventually accept a lower grade, why not put that grade in the min. grade box to start with?&nbsp; Two reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Grading always has some subjectivity for coins that aren’t problem coins or fakes.&nbsp; And graders of a particular TPG likely think they’re the best graders.&nbsp; So, if given the opportunity, they might go ahead and assign a lower grade for a coin that is borderline between two grades in their opinion.&nbsp; But if the minimal acceptable grade is the current grade and to make the customer happy, they’ll cross it at the current grade.&nbsp; That’s my view, which would hard to prove or disprove except statistically with a huge number of carefully chosen submissions.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; It can take some thought and research to decide what to do with a coin that doesn’t cross.&nbsp; Because my success rate is very high with world coins, it’s not worth the effort to decide in advance what to do with a coin that does not cross at the same grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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