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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1249193, member: 22004"]I had at least one coin not come back the same as when I had sent it--but it was because I had not used secure enough packaging. The $20 Liberty had gotten additional marks when being shipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>My theory of what is going on with reports of coins not coming back the same, is something similar as what happened to me; or the possibility in the distant past of TPGs mishandling coins, or getting a group lost while in receiving; my other explanation is that the coins submitted were not that great to begin with; there are a lot of dealers whose memory may be fading, or who thought their coins were "lock" as higher grades, or they did not see problem marks and do not want to admit to others that they alone were responsible for misjudging. These are the same type of dealers IMO who routinely tell customers two different things when buying and selling. When buying, they say the coin "has problems", is AU when they know it is BU, or is a common coin when they know it is a better date, etc., etc. There are many possiblities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1249193, member: 22004"]I had at least one coin not come back the same as when I had sent it--but it was because I had not used secure enough packaging. The $20 Liberty had gotten additional marks when being shipped. My theory of what is going on with reports of coins not coming back the same, is something similar as what happened to me; or the possibility in the distant past of TPGs mishandling coins, or getting a group lost while in receiving; my other explanation is that the coins submitted were not that great to begin with; there are a lot of dealers whose memory may be fading, or who thought their coins were "lock" as higher grades, or they did not see problem marks and do not want to admit to others that they alone were responsible for misjudging. These are the same type of dealers IMO who routinely tell customers two different things when buying and selling. When buying, they say the coin "has problems", is AU when they know it is BU, or is a common coin when they know it is a better date, etc., etc. There are many possiblities.[/QUOTE]
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