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Message:: [QUOTE="Boss, post: 513015, member: 15110"]My local dealer charges me only $20.00/coin for sending to PCGS and I got 7 coins back over the Christmas holiday in about 6 weeks.  All graded so I was elated.  I have bought at least 4 coins that were $50-200 that were lacquered.  It has been a lot of soaking in acetone with mixed results.  A 1911 D Lincoln advertised as Ch AU had a scratch on obverse that was being hidden by the lacquer.  Aslo bought two Lincolns (AU 1914 S and MS 1929 S) that are soaking as I write this.  I bought them when I had significantly less numismatic knowledge than I know do, and didn't look at the coins for a while after I bought them (so too late to return).  Recently looked at them and realized that were lacquered and that I got screwed by tricky pictures.  I now know that it is easy to hide lacquered coins with a photo so I didn't feel as bad after taking many photos and learning this.  Needless to say I am very leary of raw coins, and having only been buying slabbed accordingly.  I am in the NGC registry and I enjoy moving up the "ranks", being a competitive <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />encil: sort of person.  Just MHO's.[/QUOTE]