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Broken slab, reholdering question

erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
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I have a commem w/ a broken holder. I'm not 100% sure of PCGS's policy on reholdering a busted holder so I figured I'd put it out there and hopefully glean some insight from others. Will this be reholder w/o any problems? Or might it be considered raw and regraded? Thanks,

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  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭
    It looks like the break compromised the integrity of the coin holding area itself. I think you'll have to regrade it.



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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would think that PCGS will do what they think is best. I'd send it is as a re-holder and let them contact me if they feel it must be handled differently.
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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's not like these things are hard shelled tacos and break with the slightest contact. How in the world is a coin mishandled to the point of breaking a slab clean in half?

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  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's not like these things are hard shelled tacos and break with the slightest contact. How in the world is a coin mishandled to the point of breaking a slab clean in half?

    JJ >>



    I can only assume that at some point in the delivery process these two work in a sorting facility somewhere.

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    But realistically, on the back of the package you can see where the roller/sorter jammed (leaving marks like a tire peeling out) and the holder was snapped at it's weakest point.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭
    at the very minimum, you have a reholder submission at $10 plus return shipping fee's.

    Having cracked a few out in the past, I can say that, judging from where that brek is, it would be very difficult to change that coin out without damaging it as those plastic rings are quite snug.

    My advice is to simply send it in as a reholder as I don't think you'll have any problems.

    Next time, try to avoid using your slabs as a tool to pry something open. They're strong, but not that strong.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They should reholder it since the break is such that it wouldn't be possible to remove your coin and substitute a lessor coin.

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  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Experience is damage like that need to be regraded. They will consider the evidence but there is not a guarantee the coin will receive the same grade.
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I received one in the mail like that once. The sender put it in safty mailer then put that in a #10 envelope. Letter mail is handled by machines that can and do break slabs.
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  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
    Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade.
  • GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    According to the PCGS Cert Verification database, this coin was sold as Lot 13062 in the Heritage 2011 FUN Signature & Platinum Night auction. There is a photo of the holder and coin in the Heritage archives, which clearly shows that it is the same coin. I think that PCGS will reholder it for the $10 reholder fee. You should enclose the Heritage photos when you send it in. You might want to get a TrueView photo (for an additional $20) while you're at it.
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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade. >>



    I would think the seller should be on the hook for the reholdering fee if it was broken in transit to you. It's the seller's responsibillity to deliver the coin in a safe manner.

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  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade. >>



    I would think the seller should be on the hook for the reholdering fee if it was broken in transit to you. It's the seller's responsibillity to deliver the coin in a safe manner.

    JJ >>



    No worries there Relic, all the insurance stuff was taken care of with a lot of help from the seller to get everything right. Claim included funds for a PCGS membership, shipping both ways and reholdering fees.
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade. >>



    I would think the seller should be on the hook for the reholdering fee if it was broken in transit to you. It's the seller's responsibillity to deliver the coin in a safe manner.

    JJ >>



    No worries there Relic, all the insurance stuff was taken care of with a lot of help from the seller to get everything right. Claim included funds for a PCGS membership, shipping both ways and reholdering fees. >>



    Excellent, sounds like a seller worth doing business with.
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  • TinyTiny Posts: 2,598

    I had one just like that I got from an eBay seller and I took it to FUN this summer to submit to PCGS.
    They said it would have to be a regrade at the normal fee and not a reslab.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,098 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade. >>



    I would think the seller should be on the hook for the reholdering fee if it was broken in transit to you. It's the seller's responsibillity to deliver the coin in a safe manner.

    JJ >>



    No worries there Relic, all the insurance stuff was taken care of with a lot of help from the seller to get everything right. Claim included funds for a PCGS membership, shipping both ways and reholdering fees. >>




    I wouldn't think that you need a membership to send in for reholdering. If PCGS feels a regrade is in order, they will probably waive any membership requirement/s. If it does come back a lower grade, you may have grounds for additional claim do to reduced value.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Well, thanks all. Fingers crossed as it goes in for a reholder and not a regrade. >>



    I would think the seller should be on the hook for the reholdering fee if it was broken in transit to you. It's the seller's responsibillity to deliver the coin in a safe manner.

    JJ >>



    No worries there Relic, all the insurance stuff was taken care of with a lot of help from the seller to get everything right. Claim included funds for a PCGS membership, shipping both ways and reholdering fees. >>



    Excellent, sounds like a seller worth doing business with. >>



    This occurred in March of this year as I was the seller.

    erickso1 liked the coin and I ran a partial claim covering all the bases for re-holdering... about $84.00 as I recall?

    I had 3 parcels with PCGS slabs get caught in the USPS sorting roller system that week... never before, never since!

    All where cracked in the same location and I had one personally re-holdered for $10.00 at PCGS w/o needing to be regraded as the crack on all did not enter the slabs gasket region.


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  • philographerphilographer Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe it should go on eBay as "mint condition with some slight dings"

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  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,060 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I received one in the mail like that once. The sender put it in safty mailer then put that in a #10 envelope. Letter mail is handled by machines that can and do break slabs.
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    Was it a proof Seated quarter? If so, I was the seller and have been shipping in padded mailers ever since.
  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They should reholder it since the break is such that it wouldn't be possible to remove your coin and substitute a lessor coin. >>

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