I sent off a handful of tokens to CCCS because #1 I didn't want to wait months for NGC or PCGS, #2 Since I was keeping everything north of the border I picked CCCS over ICCS because I wanted the hard holder.
I had 1 come back with the coin mounted upside down & showing wrong side (coin was mounted correctly but put in the holder backwards). No one obviously looking at the slab after it's been sealed.
I had 2 that are issues that are known for weak strikes (MS looks like a 40) but they should know that, and the other 2 were just baffling as to how they came to the grade they assigned.
The real kicker for me was I sent 4 in from the Doug Robbins collection and only 3 received the notation.
I'm not "complaining" because I didn't get the grades I wanted, bottom line is that the whole experience seemed very inconsistent and somewhat lazy.
Bad day at the grader's table I guess.
I had 1 come back with the coin mounted upside down & showing wrong side (coin was mounted correctly but put in the holder backwards). No one obviously looking at the slab after it's been sealed.
I had 2 that are issues that are known for weak strikes (MS looks like a 40) but they should know that, and the other 2 were just baffling as to how they came to the grade they assigned.
The real kicker for me was I sent 4 in from the Doug Robbins collection and only 3 received the notation.
I'm not "complaining" because I didn't get the grades I wanted, bottom line is that the whole experience seemed very inconsistent and somewhat lazy.
Bad day at the grader's table I guess.
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