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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LibertyBell, post: 162541, member: 6142&quot;]You&#039;re a lucky guy. I pulled an FBL Franklin from a roll my father got at the bank when I was a boy. I remember going with him on such excursions. The coin came back body-bagged as improperly cleaned. I called NGC, as I felt the coin should have probably been a 66 at least. I was told that I could resubmit it, for another grading fee of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, I understand that people make mistakes. TPGs, or NGC in this case, just showed me far too much arrogance in telling me to resubmit the coin and pay another fee. At the very least, it should have been a free re-submission. My personal opinion --- and it is an opinion so please don&#039;t start flaming me --- is that only large-volume submitters ever get an MS66 FBL or better. Maybe you, Ranchhand, have had better experiences with TPGs. If so, congratulations and keep right on submitting. As for me, I&#039;ll trust my own expertise garnered from my years of experience and my interactions with reputable coin dealers, and go for the raw coin whenever possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll let all you folks go ahead and rebut, as you no doubt will. I&#039;ve had my say and don&#039;t wish to be drawn any deeper into the debate. You obviously like the TPGs and I don&#039;t. I doubt I&#039;ll win you over to my opinion and I know you won&#039;t win me over to yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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