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PeacemanPeaceman Posts: 5,098
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So when coins come back from a grading service "body bagged", are they actually put into a certain type of holder to signify that they did not meet the criteria? Pics anyone.

A novice......

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. It is made with the most expensive plastic on earth too!
    (It's more like a bag and a flip with the insert on the other side of the flip.)

    peacockcoins

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They come with little zippers and toe tags just like their full sized brothers....

    Actually the coins come back in flips sometimes further protected by small plastic bags. I've been so PO'ed when I have gotten some of them, that they have gone straight to the trash can so I can't offer you any pictures.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • RLinnRLinn Posts: 596 ✭
    I have a special place in my collection called the morgue where five of these reside.
    Buy the coin...but be sure to pay for it.
  • PeacemanPeaceman Posts: 5,098
    Still no picture......

    TTT
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I've only had one, and I'd be happy to provide a picture, but the coin is now in the possession of some low-life scumbag sub-human worm-excrement burglar.

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  • danglendanglen Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭
    Yes Russ, but how do you really feel about him?
    danglen

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  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    Stealing a bodybag, now THAT is lowimage

    DAN
    United States Air Force Retired And Would Do It Again.

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  • MarkMark Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Conder:

    Here is a MAJOR question dealing with trivia for you: Has PCGS changed the style of their bodybags?

    Mark
    Mark


  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    I have only had one body bagged coin so far. (Knock Knock Knock) Condor has the body bag as part of his slab collection.
    Give Blood (Red Bags) & Platelets (Yellow Bags)!
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Here you go, a PCGS bodybag...
    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭✭
    Marty, why you making phony 79-S quarters?
    imageimage

  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    MadMarty posted one type of PCGS bodybag.

    Here are some bodybags that PCGS gave me.

    image
  • MastaHankyMastaHanky Posts: 933 ✭
    And now that we know how much money Greg has to spend...
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    I would question those coins too image
  • BSqrBSqr Posts: 543
    newbie question.

    So if you submit and the coin is rejected do you still have to pay the fee or what? Thanks in advance.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    The fee is the same even if your coin is bodybagged. No refunds.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • jharjhar Posts: 1,126 ✭
    Oh yeah you have to pay the fee. The grading company charges you for evaluating the coin not for putting the coin in a plastic slab. Part of that evaluation is determining such things as authenticity, Artificial and Questionable toning, cleaning, etc. If the coin is determined not to have any problems, only then is a grade assigned and the coin is encapsulated.


    J'har
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Mark,

    Yes, I have scans of at least three different varieties of PCGS bodybags.

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