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Has anyone else seen this with NGC-graded GSA coins?
gsaguy
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Shortly before the Baltimore ANA I bought a couple of NGC-certified GSA coins from a forum member. When I arrived at the show, one of them was rotated in the holder.....kind of like coins do in the old PCGS rattler holders.
Anyway, I didn't think much of it even though I've handled thousands of GSA coins and had not seen this before.
Later in the show, a collector pulled out a few NGC-certified pieces and there was another one! I told him that was only the second one I'd ever seen. He commented that there was another one on the floor he'd seen.
I talked to Mark Salsberg about it and he pretty well dismissed it as having anything to do with their grading band. I still find it odd.
Has anyone else seen a coin that's rotated in the GSA holder and certified by NGC?
GSAGUY
Anyway, I didn't think much of it even though I've handled thousands of GSA coins and had not seen this before.
Later in the show, a collector pulled out a few NGC-certified pieces and there was another one! I told him that was only the second one I'd ever seen. He commented that there was another one on the floor he'd seen.
I talked to Mark Salsberg about it and he pretty well dismissed it as having anything to do with their grading band. I still find it odd.
Has anyone else seen a coin that's rotated in the GSA holder and certified by NGC?
GSAGUY
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Yep, it was one of the coins you sent me.
Mark said something like, "come back to me when you've seen 15 of them and then we'll talk".
Well, I don't know about you guys, but when you look at a few hundred thousand GSA coins and have never seen one rotated in the holder, and then you suddenly see two or three all with NGC grading bands, you've got to assume there's a connection.
While not damaging the coin as far as I can tell, it surely is distracting.
GSAGUY
Edited to add: Check's in the mail STMAN.
<< <i>Yep, it was one of the coins you sent me. >>
Uh Ohhhh.... well send it back to me for a refund. Of course that's minus re-stocking fees, time, wear and tear on tires to and from PO, tape etc. etc.
Serious, I will take it back though. Do you think it's the band on the plastic? You said it only turned in the holder after you got to the show? Kind of interesting.
APN, I really didn't get a chance to talk to Mark very much about how their band is applied or what effect it might have on the holder.
I'm hoping to gather a lot more info before coming to any firm conclusions.
GSAGUY