Totally sad

O.K.. So sometimes I read about someone who submits an order, only to be dishartened when their crossover submission is returned, not to their sadisfaction. Personally, I say too bad, maybe they expected too much, or their coins were not what they thought.

Today is my day to cry. None of my PCGS coins crossed over. I mean, these were top notch coins. how can this be. PCGS can't be that bad at grading, can they? Here is what I sent in. A 1954 and 1956 Canadian PL-68 silver dollars. A Canadian 1951 PL-67 silver dollar. A Canadian 1965 Type 4 , Pl-67 silver dollar, and a No water line, Canadian 1952 PL-66 silver dollar. These are expensive coins. With their cameos, heavy and ultra heavy cameos ( not on the labels, which is fine) these coins valued over 10,000.00. Of course, my out of pocket was about one half, to two thirds of that. Still though, really, they would cross even at their labled grade, without cameo concideration. Now, here is a twist. Two years ago, I sent in a 1953 Canadian, ICCS Pl-63 cameo, 5 cent for cross over. It came back as a MS-64, not even PL. I was ticked. This coin cost me 350.00. They are so rare, that now with the cross, I could not even resell to get my money back, as the MS coin is so common. Well, here is the twist. I broke that 5c out of its NGC holder and resent it back in to be graded as a pl 5c. No cross over, just grading. This time it came back as a PL-63. YAAA!! That is what it was in the first place before I paid for grading it, two times.

Now, I wished that I had not let that coin go, from the Heritage auction, that my competition picked up for their set. (journal: self inflicted wound)

What a day. Im mad, sad, confused, and would like some answers from NGC. I just find it hard to believe that they consider PCGS as that bad, I would guess like the private guy on ebay who grades encapsulates and tries to sell his own product.

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