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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1317916, member: 112&quot;]Don&#039;t misunderstand - just because a coin has been dipped that does NOT mean that it is a problem coin. There are tens of millions of dipped coins in slabs - everybody&#039;s slabs. And they are ALL problem free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, a coin can be made into a problem coin if it is over-dipped. But a coin that is dipped correctly does not become a problem coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would it surprise you to learn that NGC and PCGS both dip coins themselves ? And that they do this without ever asking the owner&#039;s permission ? That&#039;s been going on for years but few are aware of it, and even fewer choose to believe it when they are told.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there can be at times. But that&#039;s because there are lot, a whole lot, of plastic buyers out there. But a lot of the time they pay more for those coins in the PCGS slab because they don&#039;t know any better. In other words they &quot;buy into&quot; the PCGS is best crap.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not as bad as it used to be believe me. In years past the disparity was far, far worse. But with time comes knowledge. And over the years more and more people have come to realize the truth, so the disparity in prices between NGC and PCGS has lessened greatly. It is almost to the point now that there really isn&#039;t much disparity left.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t matter how good the grader is, or how much of an expert he is. People never seem to realize this, but TPG graders HAVE to follow the grading standards set forth by that TPG they work for. The grader himself may think the coin is a 65, but if the TPG standards say the coin is a 66, then he HAS to grade that coin a 66. The company sets the grading standards - not the grader. He just has to do what he is told.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The same thinking that thousands of others have had. And as said, much to their regret. It&#039;s not as easy as you might think. Are there people who can do this ? Absolutely ! Companies like Heritage even have people on the payroll who do nothing but that. But from among collectors they are few and far between. Most who try lose their butts. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a whole lot more to coin collecting than most people think. And nothing is as simple as it seems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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