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It’s ironic seeing this thread, a few days ago I got a newly graded gold coin in a PCGS holder but it’s a standard holder with no gold shield… For a split second, I thought why??? Why would someone send a nice coin like this and do the cheapest submission option possible, and then I remembered how the current TrueViews look lately…

I am actually glad this is in a standard holder with no bad TrueView permanently attached to it! I really prefer it this way now given how these TrueViews look…

If I buy a coin in gold shield, it will have to be one from at least two years ago or longer to guarantee a quality picture.

I really hate this! PCGS gold shield used to be my absolute favorite choice for grading coins and now that is not the case at all.

I like it

Disappointing.

The Trueview makes it look XF at first glance

I'm still amazed that PCGS has not addressed this crisis.

Accurate coin photos are essential to this trade/hobby.

TrueView imaging was once the gold standard in coin photography.....what happened?

@Goldminers said:

Beautiful

@asheland said:
Great thread!
My name is Terry, and I’ve been on these forums forever and I consider this place home as far as coins go.

I work in a coin shop, so it’s my livelihood as well.

Here I am with my cat Molly.

THAT is one chill cat, Terry!

@habaraca said:

@asheland said:
Not a coin, but I bought an early spoon about 10 years ago that I later found pictured in a book published originally in 1926:

It was owned back then by Lionel Alfred Crichton (Crichton Brothers) of London:

spoons do not look the same to me, one in book has slight curve and slightly different top

You could be right, but I'm thinking the photo in the book was taken at a very slight angle.

Just damage on a 170 year old coin.
Hard to say exactly what caused the damage, probably accumulated over the years.
Doesn’t really matter though, damage is damage.

@abbyme24 said:

@IkesT said:

@abbyme24 said:
I misunderstood, I thought you were saying the $20 holder fee is only for the GSA holders and I was clarifying that it applies to not only that specific one.

Thank you for the clarification; you are correct that I didn't realize there were multiple types of the $20 oversized holders. I just wanted to add a clarification to your clarification to say that the Rarities holder (although oversized) isn't treated the same as the others.

Thank you as well for the clarification I wonder if they have a minimum value to get a Rarities holder or if they'll give it to anybody willing to pay the Rarities service fee.

Good question. Based on the OP coin, it looks like they'll give it to anyone who will pay the fee, assuming there wasn't some kind of mistake.