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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MorganFred, post: 32662, member: 1779&quot;]Ed, I don&#039;t do many crossovers, but I had the same quandary as you regarding potential damage while breaking out a slabbed coin. BTW, I send all my crossovers to PCGS. I&#039;ve gravitated to the point that if the coin is graded by one of the six grading companies listed in the three tiers as defined by the PNG/ICTA survey: <a href="http://www.pngdealers.com/public/surveyresults.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pngdealers.com/public/surveyresults.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pngdealers.com/public/surveyresults.html</a> , then I leave it in the slab. If it&#039;s graded by anybody else (e.g. fly-by-night or MS-70 Inc), I break it out and send it in as a raw coin. While the slabbed grades of the third tier companies tend to be over-graded, they are still recognized companies, albeit with less reputation whereas the assigned grades by lesser companies are meaningless and rather than have PCGS&#039; graders be negatively influenced by a worthless slab, I&#039;d rather crack it out to give the coin a fair chance at a realistic grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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