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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1847383, member: 112"]Your comments are among tens of thousands of others who have posted of similar experiences, and not just on this forum but on all of them. Many times it's because the coin owner can't see the problem because they lack the experience to even recognize that something is a problem. In other words they don't know what it is they are looking at. From 15 years of reading posts and comments like this I'd say that is the most common reason. But, there is sometimes another reason - the TPGs can and do make mistakes. In other words, if you were to crack that coin out and send it in again, it might very well come back in a regular graded slab. PCGS is well known for their inconsistency, much more so than NGC. Which is why many prefer NGC over PCGS. Of course you could send it in 3 times and it'll come back the same way all 3 times - that happens too. What you need to do is keep something in mind - 80% or more of all older raw coins are problem coins of one kind or another. Think about what that means. It means that if you send a raw coin in to be graded there is only a 20% chance, or less, that the coin will be graded. Those are tall odds to go up against. So if you are going to send in a raw coin, you better be pretty good about judging coins or you will likely be disappointed.[/QUOTE]