Prong Placement
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I just got this in, geez 
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Personally, I don't mind the prongs in this case since the clips are large enough to know where they are even with the prongs. It would actually bother me more if the coin was rotated in the holder but again, it's just me. Very cool error on a bicentennial BTW
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They should not have covered the error with prongs. I'd get NGC to reholder it at their expense with the coin rotated enough to see the errors unobstructed. If you take it to a larger coin show where they are set up for on-site grading, I'm sure they'll fix it for you.
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Yeah, they goofed up. Have then turn it 45 degrees either way.
Great reason to send it to PCGS
And yet, PCGS prongs are ≥ 2x the diameter. Bwah! To all - Quit trying to point out NGC shortcomings on PCGS boards. It. Is. Not. A. Good. Look. Seriously......................
You're kidding me right Errors? I would take the coin in any position......if fact, I would take the coin rattling around inside the slab if I had your errors! 😂 🤣 👍🏻 If I had your errors, I would burn mine! 👍🏻
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I recommend having it reslabbed so the errors are easily evaluated... Cheers, RickO
Was your point that the prongs for the PCGS holder aren’t covering the clip? If so, perhaps it’s because that could be accomplished without the coin being turned sideways. That wasn’t the case with the NGC coin.
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Have you tried to rotate your coin in the holder by tapping the edge of the slab on a hard surface? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it's worth a try.
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Hey there, criticizing NGC on the PCGS boards - well here ya go - look at that - PCGS prongs covering the date of this wonderful 1/2 penny and destroying the reason to have a slab over it.
So all TPG's have issues with da prongs and their placement....... LOL
The most unfortunate prong placement coin I can remember is a late date large cent that was in an NGC holder that had a nasty mark covered by one of the prongs.
In defense of the PCGS prongs, they're less visually obtrusive and they can be rotated so that they don't cover key elements of the coin with the coin oriented correctly in the holder. The 1771 halfpenny would probably bug me enough to complain about it and have it reholdered.
Had I sent the OP quarter to NGC, I don't know that I'd have had the presence of mind to tell them on the submission form to rotate it in the holder to avoid the prong placement shown. I suppose including such instructions would make it easier to get a free reholder when something like that happens.
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