tklein

Thank you for your response. You make a very good point about it being less expensive to buy already slabbed. I did it because I liked the toning and assumed that submitting the entire set would demonstrate that I didn't do anything to make it that way. I was wrong. While I know I didn't do anything to the set other than store it in a closet for decades, I guess the graders assumed someone did something to the coins. I think the plastics in the set likely caused the toning over time because I've seen other Prestige sets with similar toning on ebay. I'm much more careful about what I send in.

Here is something that has never sat right with me and so maybe a greater mind can enlighten me. I submitted an entire 1987 Prestige Proof Set for grading. I submitted in the original government case which looked intact (no cracks or holes). But the coins came back as Artificial Toning. It feels wrong to me that coins that never left their original packaging would be considered artificial toning. What does the forum think?

Thank you for your reply. I did indicate that it was a wide rim when I submitted it, and I was shocked when it came back without wide rim. I went back to PCGS and I asked them to look into it. They said "Looking over the information, it looks like our graders confirmed it was not a wide rim coin. I understand it can be upsetting that your items did not receive the result you were hoping for, and I do apologize." So part of me just wants to prove them wrong. I also think it's a better grade than an MS64. I have a 66 and 67 and it looks to be in the same tier. If it crosses over to NGC, will I be able to demonstrate the pedigree of the previous PCGS slab to the new NGC slab? In other words will there be something I can show that says the same coin went from a non-wide rim label to a new wide rim label?

For comparison, here is my NON wide rim (or narrow rim)

I want to submit the PCGS coin below to NGS for crossover. I believe it is a wide rim that PCGS did not recognize as such. Assuming I'm correct and PCGS is wrong, will NGC change it to a wide rim? Or will they only grade it for how it is slabbed (as a non wide rim)? Also, what do others think? Is is a wide rim?