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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2068496, member: 19165"]At the recent FUN show, I dropped this coin off at our hosts for a crossover. It is a stunning, black and white cameo contrast, DMPL dollar graded by PCGS. I got it last year at Don Rinkor, and am incredibly pleased with the coin. PCGS graded it 65+DMPL. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since my entire PL collection is in NGC holders (for obvious reasons), I wanted to cross this one over to match. I thought it would be a no-brainer - the coin is clearly PQ. And everyone knows that PCGS is stricter than NGC, right? (obviously, I'm not necessarily partial to this opinion - I truly think the coin is Plus material)</p><p><br /></p><p>WRONG! </p><p><br /></p><p>I got it back today, and the result was "Not Plus." So, it resides in its old PCGS holder. I still love the coin, so I have no intention to sell. I also realize that this is just one data point, and no conclusions can be drawn from it. However, realize that Plus at one company is not necessarily Plus at another. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/IMG_0575%20copy_zpsnhbpgzkp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/IMG_0580%20copy_zpsmdabt9so.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2068496, member: 19165"]At the recent FUN show, I dropped this coin off at our hosts for a crossover. It is a stunning, black and white cameo contrast, DMPL dollar graded by PCGS. I got it last year at Don Rinkor, and am incredibly pleased with the coin. PCGS graded it 65+DMPL. Since my entire PL collection is in NGC holders (for obvious reasons), I wanted to cross this one over to match. I thought it would be a no-brainer - the coin is clearly PQ. And everyone knows that PCGS is stricter than NGC, right? (obviously, I'm not necessarily partial to this opinion - I truly think the coin is Plus material) WRONG! I got it back today, and the result was "Not Plus." So, it resides in its old PCGS holder. I still love the coin, so I have no intention to sell. I also realize that this is just one data point, and no conclusions can be drawn from it. However, realize that Plus at one company is not necessarily Plus at another. [IMG]http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/IMG_0575%20copy_zpsnhbpgzkp.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/IMG_0580%20copy_zpsmdabt9so.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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