Boy did I goof on a crossover!!

Robgetty

I have been trying to get some NGC coins crossed over into PCGS
so I could reach the 65% complete level before the end of the month.
(Yes I know it is vanity to want the little certificate from PCGS, but I
still wanted it.)

I have had a few coins DNC and when I sent the coin in a 2nd time with
"cross at any grade" instructions they crossed at the original grade. I
guess I got over-confident; I sent in a 1872 quarter in a NGC MS61 slab
(which I thought was a legitimate grade) and I just got the notice that
it is now residing in a PCGS AU58 holder. I would have been much
better off selling it as a 61 and then buying a circulated example.

I guess that the only "silver lining" is that I now have one heck of a PQ AU58.

Myqqy

This cross-over game sounds more and more like the kind of game that is no fun.....
Sorry about your pq au-58.....

JadeRareCoin

Rob, if you have an image of the coin in an NGC-61 holder, you may be able to get it back into an NGC-61 slab by talking with NGC. The only downside is that you will have to spend yet more money getting it certified, and tie up the coin for another month. Just a thought.

Sandhawk

I had a nice seated $ that was NGC MS-62, cracked it and sent it to PCGS and it came back AU-58. I cracked it and sent it back to NGC and it came back NGC MS-62 again.

BillJones

The only reason to spend money for crossovers is to play the PCGS registry game. Otherwise they are a waste of money. If the coin is credible for the grade, it will sell for a good price in either holder.

paigowjohnny

<< <i>I had a nice seated $ that was NGC MS-62, cracked it and sent it to PCGS and it came back AU-58. I cracked it and sent it back to NGC and it came back NGC MS-62 again. >>



Too bad PCGS got that one wrong...

UncleWiggly

Why don't you just buy PCGS to start with? Jerry

Sandhawk

I didn't know any better at the time, but I've since learned my lesson!!

kranky

You can always try it again. At a grading class, one instructor showed us an 1877 IHC in a PCGS 63 slab that had been sent in multiple times. First time, it got bodybagged (cleaned). Next time, 62. Next time, 58. Next time, 62. Finally it got the 63.

Fairlaneman

<< <i>The only reason to spend money for crossovers is to play the PCGS registry game. Otherwise they are a waste of money. If the coin is credible for the grade, it will sell for a good price in either holder. >>



Dis-agree.

I just bought a coin on eBay which was received today that would plain blow this statement away. Ebay buyers probably thought it was not nice enough to pay even close to PCGS Blue Sheet price. In fact they gave up at slightly over NGC Blue Sheet price.

By the way. This NGC MS67 Merc will go MS67 at PCGS. Heck it might even get FB at PCGS which it did not at NGC.

In conclusion the Plastic does make a difference when buying sight un-seen. Sight seen may be a different story. Not in my neck of the woods though.

Ken

Robgetty

Jerry,

It is easier said than done to buy a certain coin in a PCGS slab to begin with.
On some of these coins I can go almost a year without seeing any in an
affordable grade; I'm not going to turn my nose up at a nice coin that I
finally find just because it is in a NGC or ANACS slab.

Kranky,

I may give it another try sometime, but I don't think that it is worth the hassle
right now.

BAJJERFAN

I went 8 for 9 in crossovers NGC to PCGS lately.

cohodk

In most cases the AU-58 coin is nicer looking than a 61 anyway. Most 61's are fugly, unless they are early classics, in whic cases they are usually AU's anyway.