Results of "grade reviews"

09sVDB

On the advice of a dealer friend of mine and after speaking with Lisa at PCGS, I will be submitting my PCGS AU58 1932S Quarter for grade review. The coin has toned over what appears to be heavy hairlines and a possible whizzing.
I was wondering what everyone elses experience with the PCGS grade review procedure has been, good/bad? End results? Thank You.
Wayne

Russ

No grade guarantee review experience, but I did encounter a doctored coin and my guess is that the process is similar. I was VERY pleased with the outcome of the situation. You can read about it here.

Russ, NCNE

tjkillian

I had a NGC 1906 Indian Cent in MS-64Red that I bought off of eBay that had the most hideous fingerprint. I sent it back to NGC and they sent me a very lovely 1905 MS-65R/B Indian cent. I am a happy camper.

Tom

eagle7

No grade review experience, but am looking forward to hearing from you about yours when your review is complete. Two quick observations about both yours and Russ's post. One is that PCGS downgrades or sends back in body bags coins with excellent and above average original luster, but which have hairlines in the fields. Second thing is that PCGS graders are like all the rest of us, they get rushed, they get tired. A coin that has an obvious defect can get into one of their slabs and it should be returned to the grading service, no question asked. And they will surely make it good. Both NGC and PCGS will do this.

09sVDB

Eagle: That is exactly what my dealer said.

Lakesammman

What's the process of asking for a review??

geb209

09sVDB, no first hand experience with PCGS (yet) but I have had first hand experience with NGC. I sent a coin back for harsh cleaning. They called me and told me that even though the coin had been cleaned long ago (and they even admitted that the coin had been dipped), the grade would stand. The sent the coin back and I didn't press the issue.

I now have a coin ready to go to PCGS that has been harshly cleaned. This is the worst cleaned coin that I have ever seen in a PCGS holder. The coin has EF45 details but is graded VF20. Since it's one of the more expensive coins in my collection, I'm going all the way this time. If PCGS snubs me, I will file a lawsuit. I will send the coin out on Thursday.

Wisconsin

I had a trade dollar come back in a body bag that I cracked from a PCGS holder. I contacted David Hall, and asked what was up? I sent it back free of charge and it was returned again in an AU58 holder. AT least they looked at it for me and I got favorable results.

Jay

geb209

Jay, your situation was totally different and, in addition, you did not get a favorable result if the coin actually deserved to be in a body bag.

09sVDB

What has been said is what I was told by this dealer. He said that if the coin was cracked today and submitted that thre is a 99% chance that it would be BB'd.