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Valued Member
United States
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Got something graded and they identified it wrong on the slab. I don't really see any added value but before I do anything about it does anyone know if there are people who collect that kinda thing? Just wondering mostly since I've never heard of that happening.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In a word, no. I would return it and make them correct the error.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Errors do happen, but the coin is the key not a printed label. Did you send it in directly or did you purchase it this way?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree no added value. Have a pic for us?
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 United States
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Coinfrog, no, no pics, sorry. Muddler, I sent it in. Just got them back this week. IndianGoldEagle, I'm horrible about procrastinating but I plan to. It isn't any big deal, the town I live in had a few merchants who put out some civil war store cards and I've been putting a set together. I had a keeper that I bought raw and sent it off to get graded. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with those but they have a system to identify them that looks like 550A-1a, or some such number/letter combination and mine came back 550A-1b, no biggie and it takes a while to find what I'm looking for so there isn't much chance of selling it. I was just curious if anyone knew of collectors that are into that kind of thing. I've heard of people collecting ALL KINDS of errors and there are people who love those old P.C.G.S."rattlers". Collecting coins seems to be a bit like internet  in that you find people who are into just about anything you can think of. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes some people do collect error label slabs, but do not expect much if any premium for them.
So what is the difference between 550A-1a and 550A-1b?
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Valued Member
United States
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Conder101, just what dies they used. The first number is for the state, 5 is Indiana, the second and third numbers are for the community, 50 is Ligonier. The letter next to them is for the merchant and the rest just gets into the nit picky details, like die pairings, we all seem to love so much. If I remember right that merchant only issued one store card so it wasn't a terribly good example, I don't think there was a 550A-1b.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would think that TPG detailed attribution of less-common items such as civil war store cards is a pretty recent thing. When they attribute something like that, I imagine that they can be aided by suggestion from the submitter, with the grader confirming. If it's even close I would be happy with the result. Maybe put a sticker on the slab indicating the proper ID. I enjoy relatively obscure stuff like tokens and medals myself but the only one I have that is graded is the Feuchtwanger cent, and they got the attribution right on that one. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with bump. Unless this is a very rare and expensive variety, I wouldn't send it back in, but just put your own identifier on the slab. A future buyer that is a specialist should recognize the label mistake.
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PCGS says they will correct their mistakes for free. I don't know bout the other TPGs.
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Pillar of the Community
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PCGS says they will correct their mistakes for free But they won't pay for shipping, so a submitter still is out additional money since they didn't get it right the first time. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Got something graded and they identified it wrong on the slab. I don't really see any added value but before I do anything about it does anyone know if there are people who collect that kinda thing? Just wondering mostly since I've never heard of that happening. There are some people who like those and sometimes they can carry a little premium too. In your case however for a small attribution mistake there very likely wouldn't be any added interest. The ones that usually get people into it are major label errors or a matching set with the label identification swapped on each other type thing. Quote:
But they won't pay for shipping, so a submitter still is out additional money since they didn't get it right the first time. They have always paid for shipping both ways for me when correcting a mechanical error. |
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Posted 02/07/2019 12:11 pm
