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Re: Spotting PVC Damage
I picked up this set of three pence coins for a good price recently off of eBay. The coins had PVC on them, I believe it’s from the blue plastic holder they were housed in. All the coins had PVC on them, some had progressed far enough to show the green but many just looked hazy. I soaked them all in acetone and it’s gone now, had to do multiple rinses to get it off. But these images from the auction are a good example showing the range of appearance that coins end up with as the PVC progresses from just being hazy to turning green
Mr_Spud
Re: What are your thoughts on this?
Struck through grease, then heavily circulated and mutilated...
anablep
Re: Registry sets with CAC still aren’t accepting new coins
@winesteven said:
By the way, MyCollect has absolutely no problem recognizing coins with CAC stickers! For coins added to their “regular” sets, coins with CAC stickers get extra points in their formulas.Separately, they now have dozens of CAC Only sets. If MyColkect can easily recognize coins with CAC stickers, why can’t deep pocketed PCGS recognize coins with CAC stickers for the PCGS CAC only sets??????
Steve
I've speculated that CU is trying to improve its bottom line for a potential IPO. Also, CU has been allocating more capital to PSA and less to PCGS over the last 2-3 years. Either way, it's owned by Steve Cohen and his private equity fund. Private equity funds are notoriously stingy with their expenditures for portfolio companies.
My anecdotal experience is that it is EXTREMELY difficult to get a cent out of PCGS, even when they have admitted to botching things badly. I don't want to rehash publicly but I have had several very unpleasant experiences with PCGS errors/refunds/problem resolution the likes of which have never happened to me with ANY company.
While CU has deep pockets indeed, it's difficult for PCGS to reach down into those pockets when its arms have been amputated.
lermish
Re: Spotting PVC Damage
PVC is extremely difficult to discern from pictures. Often PVC cannot be seen under ordinary light conditions. 
For example, this toned PCGS MS64 Missouri 2X4, bought from a top line dealer, was founded to have PVC. It was professional conserved and ended up in an AU Details holder. The picture is of the coin before conservation.
Re: Sizeable losses for nice Fairmont coins tonight.
@PeakRarities said:
@JohnF said:
p.s. this 1799 $10 Large Stars, PCGS MS62 (BD-9) was a bit of a surprise. As a BD #, it's R6 versus R3 for the only other BD variety (BD-10) yet this auction results reduces its market premium to just 10% over the much more plentiful BD-10 variety. My read on this is the market just place a strong premium on early eagles by specialist die variety. Actually, this is also in line with my perceptions.Also, in my opinion, the coin is ugly and over-graded, I don’t even know if I’d buy at 61 money (actually, I guess I do know, since that’s basically what it sold for). Bass didn’t have the luxury of choosing all appealing examples, he had to take what he can get.
Just to be fair to Harry Bass, in addition to discovering the varieties and having little choice in what he bought, he DID have a very nice BD-9. But, after his death, someone (presumably the trustees of his trust) decided to sell the very attractive AU instead of the much less attractive Unc.
lermish
Re: Rickey Henderson Card Tribute
RIP Rickey. You are the greatest.
Griffey had some heartfelt thoughts for one of his idols.
NGS428
Re: I am seeing more of this on eBay: Crack a PCGS problem coin and sell it raw.
It's nothing new, unfortunately. This has been happening since the inception of grading. It's among the reasons I recommend sticking to certified coins if one insists on buying toners. In my opinion, the bigger issue is when obviously QC coins make into straight grade holders.
Re: Sizeable losses for nice Fairmont coins tonight.
@Boosibri said:
@Project Numismatics said:
@PeakRarities said:
Actually, I'd say this is what I first had in mind when I mentioned the Charlotte 5s. They have a tendency to tone up rich like this if circumstances are right. It doesn't happened in a vacuum like the Fairmont coins, it requires actual circulation and oils and grease oxidation on the coin in addition to the variable purity.
No words for that Charlotte $5. Preferable to the Fairmont examples, but takes a lot of patience - your specialty (but not always mine).
I believe @CharlotteDude owned that coin
Actually, I still have it, and yes, I was the winning Heritage bidder back in 2011. 
Photo courtesy of Todd from BluCC
