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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 317977, member: 112&quot;]We have discussed this issue many, many times before, bit I guess it&#039;s never going to change or some will never understand it. PCGS and NGC state flat out that they will not slab these coins - so why would you send them in to begin with ? Even the ANA grading standards state flat out that such coins are not gradeable. Why are they not gradeable ? Because there is no acceptable or recognized standard to make an adjustment to the grade for the problem the coin has. </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, I don&#039;t get it. Everybody is always complaining that grading is too subjective as it is - and you want to make it <b>more subjective</b> by grading problem coins ? I just don&#039;t understand that reasoning as it seems entirely contradictory.</p><p><br /></p><p>But back to the issue of not getting what you pay for. You do get what you pay for when a coin is returned in a body bag. What you don&#039;t get is a hard plastic slab around the coin. But that hard plastic slab is not what you pay for. You are paying a group of experts to examine your coin and tell you that it is authentic and problem free - if it is problem free - and their estimate of the grade. The hard palstic slab is just a bonus so nobody else can tamper with the coin and alter the TPG&#039;s opinion of the coin. Bonuses are free - you don&#039;t pay for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, even a body-bagged coin is returned to you in a flip from the company along with a checkmark next to one of the reasons I listed below. The only difference is you get a soft plastic flip instead of a hard one that tells you that you own a problem coin. So the service you requested and paid for has been provided. You just didn&#039;t happen to like the result.</p><p><br /></p><p>How do you avoid all these problems when you want your coins in nice slabs with grades from these TPG&#039;s ? Easy - buy them already slabbed when you can&#039;t indentify a problem coin for yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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