PCGS grading question

Wisconsin

A lot has been said about resubmitting coins. Sometimes they will be body bagged for cleaning or toning and other times not. My question is this: Do all three graders look at a coin to determine it was cleaned, or can the first person look at it-say it is cleaned and the game is over??

LucyBop

Good question for Rick Montgomery, hopefully the Q&A forum will open again...

crito

believe they answered that in the Q&A, all three, think they said. i'd probably send them in holdered for regrade tho. getting a crossover submission together right now sure, chances of bump up or cross are probably better if you crack them out and send raw. but i really hate bodybags, rather eliminate that possibility instead. i called and cust service said they never crack a coin out before grading (well, actually, she said "normally" they don't.) so if it's a no-grade, it'll come back in orig holder.

coinguy1

Wisconsin,

If you are speaking of a regular submission, I believe that even if the first grader thinks the coin is a no-grade (due to cleaning, questionable toning, etc.), it goes through the system, just as if the first grader assigns a grade. The first grader can be outvoted by the next graders in line on a no-grade opinion, just as he can be on a grading opinion.

Russ

<< <i>The first grader can be outvoted by the next graders in line on a no-grade opinion, just as he can be on a grading opinion. >>



I have to wonder, though, how many times that actually happens. My hunch is that it's not very often.

Russ, NCNE

wingedliberty

The answer is: sometimes.

Brian.