PCGS submission (crossover) question
lordmarcovan
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Does anyone know if is possible, when submitting crossovers, to merely specify "straight grades only"?
Suppose one has a coin in another service's holder (NGC or ANACS, not the fly-by-night nobodies). You don't particularly care about the technical (numerical) grade from PCGS, but you do wish to avoid a "details" grade, and to keep the coin in the other entity's holder before that happens.
Is "straight grade only" a thing you can specify on a PCGS subnission form?
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I think, based on my experience, that that is the default stance.
In other words, if you choose "cross at any grade", (since you don't really care about the numeric grade), the assumption is that would be ANY STRAIGHT GRADE. If they determine it is a details/problem coin, they will leave it in the current holder.
(Happened to me on two occasions....much to my chagrin. I thought they would cross at grade! But I was happy they didn't crack them and put them into "details" holders.)
Wouldn't hurt to add a note somewhere on the form to be doubly sure, I suppose. Or call them to make sure I'm not wrong!
This is a better answer:
https://www.pcgs.com/crossover
Pick your crossover method:
Under number 5 Type of Submission, there is a box that says Full numeric grade (default).
Thanks. While a modest downgrade would not bother me horribly, I would not want to end up losing the old plastic only to get a details grade or bodybag.
Sounds like the "Any" option in the flow chart @TommyType posted might be the way to go, then?
I guess I've already got one layer of protection in that the two coins I'm thinking of crossing are in straight-grade holders from the other services, at least.
One is in an old small white ANACS holder and the other NGC. The ANACS coin is early copper, though, so that carries some element of doubt/risk. The surfaces look good to me (and did to old ANACS), but you never know with that stuff.
PCGS will never remove a coin from a straight-graded TPG holder to put it in a PCGS "details" holder. Won't happen unless you specifically ask for that (and in that case you might just as well crack it so you'll get the most favorable result instead of a conservative decision).
Just ask for a cross at "any" grade. If PCGS can't straight-grade it you will get the coin back in its current holder.
Lance.
Thanks. Good to know. I've never tried crossover before. Always just cracked and resubmitted raw.