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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 593853, member: 16948&quot;]I have returned a few coins to PCGS for regrading, two recently - and this service is free.&nbsp; It was a PCGS proof 65 red Indian cent, but it had some red brown toning on the portrait, probably from an old fingerprint.&nbsp; So I sent it to PCGS and they felt it was now a PF64 RB so they offered to buy it back for $2750 straight, or $2500 and they would give me back the coin in a PF64 RB holder.&nbsp; I accepted the latter.&nbsp; At the same time, I sent a circulated semi-key Lincoln that had an old but large gouge on the reverse and a brassy tint to the whole coin which means it had an old cleaning.&nbsp; It was in a PCGS VF20 holder.&nbsp; However, PCGS felt it was properly graded.&nbsp; So I asked for a &quot;second opinion&quot; since I strongly disagreed with this, and they gave the coin to David Hall.&nbsp; He said the coin was &quot;somewhat net graded&quot; since it had VF30+ details and felt the VF20 grade was appropriate.&nbsp; I was actually very surprised about this response since I felt the coin had two issues.&nbsp; Oh well, you win some you lose some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I want to mention, and many do not realize this, but PCGS also offers a &quot;spot review&quot; which means if your coin has &quot;grown&quot; a spot, you can send it in to PCGS, though this service costs $25-$30, and if they can, they will &quot;remove&quot; the spot (I have no idea how they do this process), reholder the coin, and send it back to you.&nbsp; If, however, the spot is not removable and it affects the grade, then they will do the buy-back process.</p><p><br /></p><p>One last thing I want to mention is that if you strongly disagree with a grade of a coin, you can pay for a &quot;presidential review&quot; to have David Hall or some other mucky muck take a second look at your coin and see if they agree/disagree with the assigned grade.&nbsp; I have also done this, without much success, but sometimes it&#039;s worth a try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any way, sorry to be so long winded, and hope this helps someone out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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