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Hey PCGS! Tell us some Horror Stories (in honor of Halloween)

UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Something like $10K coins showing up in an envelope with a 1st class stamp. I'm sure you guys have some great stories.
I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    Calling HomeRunHall!!!!


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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These could be better than the random checks and cash showing up at mutual fund companies during the tech boom.....
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  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
    Mister Howell. Are you "OK" today? image

    Horror stories? image
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,447 ✭✭✭
    this could be interesting if they disclose a couple here

    i seem to remember one about a fingerprint that was huge
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Haunted mazes is my specialty...
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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806 ✭
    What about the last dozen cross overs from NGC all upgrading? Does that qualify?
  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What about the last dozen cross overs from NGC all upgrading? Does that qualify?

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I vaguely remember a story about an obviously fake 1804 dollar coin showing up at PCGS with something like $250,000 of postal insurance on the box.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The employees would love to chime in here. They are not allowed to, but I bet it would be funny to read some of their stories. Most of us can laugh long after the egg is off the face. For some, it would be grounds for a suit. Sensitive bunch, aren't we ?

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I vaguely remember a story about an obviously fake 1804 dollar coin showing up at PCGS with something like $250,000 of postal insurance on the box.


    Sean Reynolds >>



    Was that the Nebraska Feller whose buddy gave it to him as a retirement gift?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I heard there is a $20 chocolate coin in a PCGS out there.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago......

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  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    Fred, I would love to see a picture of that. Do you happen to have one?
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>





    PICTURES!!!!! PICTURES!!!!!




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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>




    Dude.



    (note, this is the use of the word "Dude" that is intended to get you to post pictures. It is an unusual and odd use of the word "Dude".)
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>




    Fred, didn't you also buy off the market a large cent in a PCGS holder with a certain spelling modification on the reverse? image


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
    I bought popcorn at a movie once.image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!

    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!

    image >>



    Would this cross at the same grade??
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • MarkInDavisMarkInDavis Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Would this cross at the same grade?? >>



    No way of knowing without seeing the reverse.
    image Respectfully, Mark
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    H-m-m-m.

    If anyone else is thinking of Collectible Entomolgy as a side line of Collectors Universe?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭

    Heritage already has a department that specializes in that material.

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  • scoobydeuxscoobydeux Posts: 498 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!

    image >>



    Would this cross at the same grade?? >>



    I keep saying that you can't evaluate the luster from a picture...image
    "Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end."
  • NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!

    image >>



    Would this cross at the same grade?? >>



    I keep saying that you can't evaluate the luster from a picture...image >>



    Dang! Look at the cool orange rim toning on that sucker!
    "College men from LSU- went in dumb, come out dumb too..."
    -Randy Newmanimage
  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!


    CAC has a sticker for this series:
    image
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I have a 2nd Generation holder with
    a Cricket in it!

    It was driving the graders crazy one day,
    and the found the cricket, and slabbed
    it!

    It was given to me by a grader, many many
    years ago...... >>



    Maybe you can give Rick M a call at NGC and get this from him for your set!!!

    image >>



    Would this cross at the same grade?? >>



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