a hypothetical situation on re-holdering. could or would this happen?
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...just for giggles. you have a coin that is in your possession. it is a PCGS slabbed coin that has some smears and
light scratches on it so you decide to send it back in for a nice new looking re-holder of the slab. you get a phone
call from the slabbers saying that the coin doesn't any longer get the grade it once was assigned, because of some
carbon spots that developed during the time you had it, it is now a grade lower! HOW would you deal with this? could
this happen? just wondering. keep in mind this is hypothetical and hasn't happened to me at this time, just curious.
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....let's say you don't WANT to repair it but REALLY want the new holder?
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...yeah, that's part of what i'm wondering.
<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
....you don't think just MAYBE one might dwell for a second? or are you saying a different 'person' does the re-holdering
and just ignores an obvious problem?
<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
I find this a bit weird, because recently reviewing NGC's services and fees, I read this -
A coin with a chipped or cracked NGC holder can be submitted for placement in a new holder. Note: All ReHolders are reviewed for grade.
I would think PCGS follows suit, as well.
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<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
I find this a bit weird, because recently reviewing NGC's services and fees, I read this -
A coin with a chipped or cracked NGC holder can be submitted for placement in a new holder. Note: All ReHolders are reviewed for grade.
I would think PCGS follows suit, as well. >>
....hmmmm.
<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
I am virtually certain that HRH has confirmed this here in the past.
<< <i>Pcgs graders DO NOT look at reholders. The only time pcgs would down grade any coin would be under grade review. >>
I believe that on rare occasions there might be a question as to whether a holder has been tampered with. In that event, my guess is that a PCGS grader would examine the coin.
....so if a re-holder guy sees a big ol' carbon spot and sees it says PCGS-67 and because it's not his business, he wouldn't
bother jim the grader in the next room and say HEY JIM! LOOK AT THIS!? and then everything cuts loose? this scenario
is not going to happen? i'd think a fuss should be made with someone. especially if nothing is said and the coin goes back
to the owner and he shows it off to a friend and says "you wanna buy it?" and the friend says HOW DID THAT make THAT
grade with the spot?
<< <i>....so if a re-holder guy sees a big ol' carbon spot and sees it says PCGS-67 and because it's not his business, he wouldn't
bother jim the grader in the next room and say HEY JIM! LOOK AT THIS!? and then everything cuts loose? this scenario
is not going to happen? i'd think a fuss should be made with someone. especially if nothing is said and the coin goes back
to the owner and he shows it off to a friend and says "you wanna buy it?" and the friend says HOW DID THAT make THAT
grade with the spot?
How is this scenario any different than any one with a coin that is overgraded and/or has turned in the holder?
....what i'm saying is the coin wasn't sent in for a spot. it was sent in to be re-holdered because the plastic was all
smudged up and not a re-grade intentionally. and wondered how it would work. and this is hypothetical anyway.
<< <i>i suggest that one of us takes a not-to-valuable coin and drills a hole through it. send it in under the re-holder option and we'll know pretty quick whether or not a grader looks at it. >>
I would imagine there is a protocol for reholdering coins that are in scuffed up or otherwise non-pristine holders vs. reholdering coins where the integrity of the holder has been compromised. Regarding the first hypothetical; it is my understanding that a typical reholder is not given to graders to examine, but is simply reholdered and returned.
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<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
Exactly.. If your sending it in only to be reslabbed then the coin will only be reslabbed and NOT regraded. They would only change the grade if needed only if you paid for a regrading. The price for a reslab and regrading are huge and that alone should answer your question..
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<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
Exactly.. If your sending it in only to be reslabbed then the coin will only be reslabbed and NOT regraded. They would only change the grade if needed only if you paid for a regrading. The price for a reslab and regrading are huge and that alone should answer your question.. >>
In the vast majority of cases, that is correct. However, as I mentioned previously, if the slab shows evidence of tampering, things are different. It can happen and it has happened.
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<< <i>Graders don't look at a reholder. --Jerry >>
Exactly.. If your sending it in only to be reslabbed then the coin will only be reslabbed and NOT regraded. They would only change the grade if needed only if you paid for a regrading. The price for a reslab and regrading are huge and that alone should answer your question.. >>
In most the vast majority of cases, that is correct. However, as I mentioned previously, if the slab shows evidence of tampering, things are different. It can happen and it has happened. >>
And I assume there must be some checks in place for fake slabs.--Jerry
Jerry, that would be the ultimate scam and the reason why the coins should be looked at by a grader. imagine a counterfiet coin in a counterfiet slab getting reholdered!!! that could prove very embarrassing.
<< <i>i suggest that one of us takes a not-to-valuable coin and drills a hole through it. send it in under the re-holder option and we'll know pretty quick whether or not a grader looks at it. >>
....indeed!