Should we or shouldn't we? That is the question...

I really don't have a formed opinion on the subject, but I do remember reading the story of an Ebay seller recently on a listing.

The listing was for an early date, branch mint Lincoln cent in high grade RD. The seller purportedly cracked this coin out of a PCGS slab (I think a 64 or 65 RD) and sent it to NGC for grading. It was returned body bagged with questionable color...The seller then sent it back to PCGS and it was again body bagged with cleaned notation.

I might have the details a bit skewed, as this story was from several weeks ago and you may or may not believe the story, but the morale of the story is a good one. Crack outs may not always yield what you expect and at times could cost the owner lots of money. The story above alluded to a loss of a couple thousand dollars due to a crack out. A cross over would just be returned or equally graded and the only cost is the re-grade fee.

Not an answer, but surely a compelling reason to think before disturbing plastic.

Todd