Slab doctor

TwoSides2aCoin

I want to show you a simple fix for a mechanical error.








Don't try this at home.

ebaybuyer

wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?

TwoSides2aCoin

Originally posted by: ebaybuyer
wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?

Yeah, I suppose. If we want to get analytical and technical with nomenclature, you're probably correct, too. I need a better Sharpie.

MonsterCoinz

I want to see the CAC version

keyman64

I thought we were more of a society infatuated with stickers. Print up a nice label, put it on the slab. Then you can put a glittery star sticker on the slab, maybe a WOW sticker and maybe even a Chiquita Banana sticker on the reverse for good measure.

TwoSides2aCoin

Ha ha you guys.

oih82w8

I would want to practice on a piece of transparent tape first.

TopographicOceans

I bet it works on undergraded coins too!

roadrunner

So that's what they call "sharpied?"

Insider2

IMO, Your coin is not the wide AM variety. Perhaps it's just the lighting angle. Sure would like to see a close-up of those letters so you can prove me wrong. Perhaps the experts here can educate me after you post the photo.



PS You can remove your "attribution" using Goo Gone on a Q-tip.

Jeb

I agree. I do not think it is the wide am variety.

ms70

LOL.... You should send it back to PCGS for reholdering like that....

lkeigwin

Joe, try a fine point grease pencil. Much nicer. Sharpies are no good on plastic.

Lance.

TwoSides2aCoin

Originally posted by: Jeb
I agree. I do not think it is the wide am variety.

I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been. Thinks me was crazy about the variety and after one submission I had 6% of the 2000 WAM cents in PCGS holders. ( MS 64 ).
... call me a WAM geek.


On that note , PCGS long ago informed me they would happily fix it. It is just that part of my fun with coins is obviously having fun in the business and hobby , with people. Kidding aside ( thread title along with the Sharpie ....), am generally serious

Hard to think a decade has passed since this submission and that almost 2 decades since I got back into coins after a 25 year hiatus .

some gents prefer Stickies.
Some of us have fun with Sharpies


Thanks for joining the fray, people

TwoSides2aCoin

Originally posted by: ebaybuyer
wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?

The paperwork (invoice) specified when I submitted it. It is a different coin number than what is on the label (FYI) I needed a better Sharpie to put a 9 in there. ??

Insider2

@ TwoSides: "I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been."



I would like to see a close-up of the "AM" please. IMO, the photo does not look like a "Wide AM" so I believe that PCGS has the correct label on your coin.

ricko

Self-attribution..... shows initiative.... could be a trend. Cheers, RickO

1tommy

Well Just got this letter over the weekend and they actually sent me two vouchers if I send this 1953 d/d Back.



It's Really the DDR 801...Not in a hurry this time but its good to see after more than a few they Stepped Up......



(This is a One Time Courtesy) is what the letter says so I guess no more Mechanical errors for me.



I think it might be too long for you to ask for a voucher......Thanks PCGS...Enjoy

PerryHall

I did the same thing. Bought a nice 1911 Indian $10 gold coin. Took a sharpie and added "D Mintmark" to the slab. Both the grading service and the major dealer that I bought it from missed that D mintmark which makes it a much better coin.

TwoSides2aCoin

Originally posted by: Insider2
@ TwoSides: "I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been."

I would like to see a close-up of the "AM" please. IMO, the photo does not look like a "Wide AM" so I believe that PCGS has the correct label on your coin.

PCGS agreed long ago to correct the "omission" from the submission. I just never sent it back , as it didn't seem that critical.
It is the WAM variety.

Insider2

Thanks for the great photo! Sorry I questioned you as you had the actual coin. Make sure they don't lower the grade on it when you return it (due to the spots).

davewesen

a dime on eBay that actually is a mechanical error - the seller used your method

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1946-P...64b:g:9MoAAOSw5dNWkW7m

TwoSides2aCoin

Excellent example of my thought process, DaveWesen.