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another "what would you do" forum...sorry :-)
hamiltonjh
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I wrote and got replies to a question about slabbed state quarters being silver or not, and how to tell. I had also written PCI an email (their slab...good price on ebay a long time ago (($98)) so I got them) and asked them their standard for practice for identifying silver coins. below is what I sent them, edited to try to keep the boredom down and attention here:
> QUESTION:
> I have 5 1999-S State Quarters that were graded PR70 Deep Cameo by PCI. It
> does not say "Silver" anywhere in the description. Does this mean the coins
> are CLAD and NOT SILVER? If a coin is silver vs clad, is it your standard to
> put that on the paper description included in the slab?
They finally wrote back and didnt answer my question. They said, again, edited:
john,
To send an item in for correction/re-evaluation, you can include with
your next submission or send by itself. Just send with a standard filled
out submission form, do not include payment and legibly and clearly mark on
the form why you are sending the coin for correction/re-evaluation.
It is recommended coins be shipped to the address below via registered or insured mail. please let me know if
there is anything else I can help you with.
Now, they said "do not include payment". So, I assume they'll correct/re-evaluate for free. But, they recommend to ship via registered or insured mail. and i guess I'd have to prepay to have them shipped back to me?
So, to the question finally. Do I pay to send them back or should they?
OR....EVEN BETTER...what I'm thinking....
I will shortly have the 2000, 01, 02 & 03 PCGS PR69 state quarters, flagged slab. I'm thinking send THESE 5 to PCGS for a crossover. They wont get the state flag slab, but at least I'll have all PCGS and not a set from different grading services. If I have to pay for shipping, I might as well crossover.
Opinions? and thanks for taking the time to read all this. :-)
> QUESTION:
> I have 5 1999-S State Quarters that were graded PR70 Deep Cameo by PCI. It
> does not say "Silver" anywhere in the description. Does this mean the coins
> are CLAD and NOT SILVER? If a coin is silver vs clad, is it your standard to
> put that on the paper description included in the slab?
They finally wrote back and didnt answer my question. They said, again, edited:
john,
To send an item in for correction/re-evaluation, you can include with
your next submission or send by itself. Just send with a standard filled
out submission form, do not include payment and legibly and clearly mark on
the form why you are sending the coin for correction/re-evaluation.
It is recommended coins be shipped to the address below via registered or insured mail. please let me know if
there is anything else I can help you with.
Now, they said "do not include payment". So, I assume they'll correct/re-evaluate for free. But, they recommend to ship via registered or insured mail. and i guess I'd have to prepay to have them shipped back to me?
So, to the question finally. Do I pay to send them back or should they?
OR....EVEN BETTER...what I'm thinking....
I will shortly have the 2000, 01, 02 & 03 PCGS PR69 state quarters, flagged slab. I'm thinking send THESE 5 to PCGS for a crossover. They wont get the state flag slab, but at least I'll have all PCGS and not a set from different grading services. If I have to pay for shipping, I might as well crossover.
Opinions? and thanks for taking the time to read all this. :-)
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But maybe I'm just unlucky. If you want your slabs corrected, pay the shipping.
This might be stupid question...but isnt it safer to send slabbed for crossover than to open myself and risk scratching them or dropping them or something? Or risk getting scratched or whatever in shipment?
Forgive me...I'm new at this.
Also, I cant take them to a dealer...i'm in Japan. Not Tokyo where there ARE dealers. And right...I cant look at the side to see if they're clad or not in the slab.
siver issues are labeled as silver. But who knows who follows this convention
and who doesn't.