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Has this PCGS holder been tampered with?
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Last week, I posted a question about a coin I won in the Heritage Chicago Auction. LINK, wondering why I was able to be the high bidder.
I received the coin today, and in examining it saw some things about the holder that got me wondering. Does PCGS ever ship holders with what looks like glue on the inside, or has this holder been tampered with? It's much clearer in hand, but look closely near the words HALF DOLLAR.
Also note the scratch on the left side of the holograph. All this "stuff" is on the inside of the holder, and shows up much better (including other stuff that doesn't show in the Heritage photo) when held up to a lamp with magnification.
The coin in question was this one LINK
edited to add: I've just never seen a PCGS holder with damage (or whatever it is) on the INSIDE.
I received the coin today, and in examining it saw some things about the holder that got me wondering. Does PCGS ever ship holders with what looks like glue on the inside, or has this holder been tampered with? It's much clearer in hand, but look closely near the words HALF DOLLAR.
Also note the scratch on the left side of the holograph. All this "stuff" is on the inside of the holder, and shows up much better (including other stuff that doesn't show in the Heritage photo) when held up to a lamp with magnification.
The coin in question was this one LINK
edited to add: I've just never seen a PCGS holder with damage (or whatever it is) on the INSIDE.
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<< <i>I see no real problem with the holder. >>
It's OK.
an occaisional scratched hologram? could happen.
If you worry it's been tampered with, the thing to check are the edges.
if they are clean, then it is clean.
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And I do know how to grade, I started collecting in 1959, the same year David Hall did, but I was 15, and he was 12. By today's commercial standards, it's a Fine12, but back when I started collecting, I'd have thought of it as a VG.
I think I'll change the title of this thread, to ask a more pointed question, because the coin does look authentic.
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<< <i>Perry, the soft ring is not scraped or distorted. But there is what looks like crazy glue, with tiny bubbles in it, smeared way outside the ring. I have seen a number of PCGS holders, but none messy like this, so was not even aware that they used glue inside the holder.
And I do know how to grade, I started collecting in 1959, the same year David Hall did, but I was 15, and he was 12. By today's commercial standards, it's a Fine12, but back when I started collecting, I'd have thought of it as a VG.
I think I'll change the title of this thread, to ask a more pointed question, because the coin does look authentic. >>
PCGS doesn't use glue inside or outside their slab. It appears the soft inner ring is probably squashed against the insider of the shell giving that visual effect.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire