1876-CC T$ Chopmarked NGC Unc Did Not Cross To PCGS. Why?

Maybe you should submit without specifying a crossover? Seems like then you would know. You already have an AU Details coin so getting the same from PCGS with something besides Chopmarked isn't a big difference, is it? You're trying to force them to give you a straight grade but when they don't, you don't know why. Yes, NGC has graded them chopmarked and also scratched, repaired, cleaned, etc, but we don't know if they've always done that or changed at some point (ask them?). You're hedging your bets with these crossovers and I'm not sure why. I would just have them grade it and take what you get.

There are some photos of crossed NGC chop marked that crossed to PCGS in a PCGS thread. A 1874 S NGC UNC details chop marked crossed at AU55 and a 1873 CC NGC AU details chop marked crossed at XF40. Both of these coins that crossed were conversely down graded by PCGS. It appears best to crack out the NGC chop mark details coin, than to try and cross into a straight grade.

Buying NGC Trade dollars with chop mark details is a slippery slope if you are trying to get a straight graded coin. Most collectors know that PCGS will straight grade a chop mark Trade dollar, so the quality problem free Trade dollar chops would be sent to PCGS. Since 2003 PCGS has been straight grading chops, so there would have been plenty of time to cherry pick the best NGC chop mark holders. A lot of the NGC details chop mark examples have cleaning hair line issues. There are still some quality NGC chop mark details holders out there, but it appears that NCG did not scrutinize the chop mark details holders to be sold as problem free examples.