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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1923878, member: 11854&quot;]I will expand a bit on my previous reply, which was written when I came in the door last night after a very long trip to see a few clients.</p><p><br /></p><p>My reason for BS is gut feeling, just like the OP believes the story due to gut feeling.&nbsp; I have no issue with the idea that a coin could grade four points lower at ANACS than at PCGS, although I do not think it would happen often.&nbsp; This is especially true with proof coinage where the difference between proof grades can be quite small.&nbsp; However, the difference in appearance between an untoned modern proof that grades 67 and one that grades 63 is significantly large.&nbsp; It is so large, in fact, that I would be surprised to see a four point swing in either direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>A cross from PCGS to ANACS is also curious, but if the owner wants a variety designation on the slab and PCGS does not recognize the variety then I can see that happening with some frequency.&nbsp; Given the value of the coin in an unattributed PR67 PCGS holder, perhaps $35, and one in an attributed ANACS holder of the same grade (I don&#039;t know the value) then a crossover might make sense.&nbsp; The only value information I can find is from completed ebay transactions where the ANACS PF63 sold for about $25 and an ANACS PF66CAM sold for $65.&nbsp; This seems to infer that the value difference is not all that great to warrant the crossover expense from PCGS to ANACS.&nbsp; Of course, if ANACS was doing a special where the coins could cross for a greatly reduced fee or for free and if the shipping were combined with other coins or other folks then the investment for the crossover might be incredibly small.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I have no issues with a coin crossing from one service to another and having different grades or with a coin being graded within one service and coming back at different levels.&nbsp; It happens in both directions to all grading services.&nbsp; My response was based more upon the idea that all the stars had to align (low cost initial acquisition; low cost crossover; greatly different grade in spite of the fact that untoned, modern proofs should not have such variance) than with anything else.&nbsp; Like I wrote previously, I went with my gut on BS, but could obviously be wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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