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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4565050, member: 24314&quot;]Casman, post: 4564436, member: 85295&quot;]1957D FS 901 Reengraved Quarter, first graded and attributed or should say misattributed MS64 with Trueview....FAIL...not a fantasy.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience, at least 2 of the top TPGS will very often not slab a new and &quot;unknown&quot; variety.&nbsp; They want to see a second example.&nbsp; This happened to me when I sold my &quot;Discovery Coin&quot; the 1877/6 50c in AU.&nbsp; When a certain TPGS could not &quot;see&quot; the obvious overdate and would not slab the coin, the dealer returned it to me and I still have it in an old PCI (they slabbed it as a &quot;Discovery Coin&quot;) slab.&nbsp; ICG, and ANACS have numismatists working in their offices.&nbsp; I&#039;ll give a shout out to Jay at PCGS also.&nbsp; He is fantastic with varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are many collectors who know their varieties and who could step right into a job at a TPGS.&nbsp; IMO, many of the graders working at the top two services work under &quot;sweatshop&quot; conditions.&nbsp; A variety as yours would not even be detected.&nbsp; If you told them what it was on the submission form there is only a 10% chance they would even care to research it.&nbsp; They would probably tell you they only do certain varieties and yours is not one of them! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; ICG and ANACS are different <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and love <span style="color: #b30000">ALL</span> varieties!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the thing.&nbsp; Your coin is nothing special to a majority of folks until it is published.&nbsp; Over the years I&#039;ve seen so many varieties as this that it boggles the mind.&nbsp; Anyone, who starts examining silver Washington 25c Proofs will find all sorts of reengraved lines on the eagles.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think any of this is published either.&nbsp; <b> Therefore, while I think your coin is probably very special</b>, <span style="color: #b30000"><b>if it came across my desk </b>(without you giving me a heads-up) <b>I would have graded it as a normal Proof also. </b></span> Then you could blast me and ICG for being dummies too!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for one for my collection.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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