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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2418219, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m not saying free grading.&nbsp; I know for a fact that at least one second tier service (and on occasion perhaps two of them) REGULARLY will attribute coins with VAMS, Sheldon &amp; Overton #&#039;s, etc. when the graders recognize a quick variety (and even conserve coins for free after a phone call to the customer if it will preserve the coin or raise its grade).&nbsp; It is the old &quot;We Try Harder&quot; philosophy - <span style="color: #00b300">BECAUSE THEY NEED TO <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">A coin with a planchet crack, clip, major die break, etc. is an example of the free stuff they do w/o extra charge.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, $50. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Are you rich?&nbsp; What if Brand X (ANACS, SEGS, or ICG) slabbed the coin as a cracked planchet FOR FREE.&nbsp; Then, you submitted the coin to PCGS for a cross.&nbsp; Would you still be charged $50 (OMG, WHAT A RIP OFF!) to put that on the label?&nbsp; Anyone know?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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