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Hello folks. I am an avid Franklin enthusiast, having been a collector of Franklins since the early 1980's. I learned a lot from my old friend, the late Steven Leber. I used to participate in the PCGS Registry but gradeflation ruined that aspect of collecting for me. I grew tired of selling my PCGS MS66s only to see them reappear in some other set as MS67s, haha.
My best (or at least, my most profitable) Franklin was an MS65FBL 1953-S that I picked raw at a show for around $20, then sold for $22K!
I am heavily involved with Franklin die varieties. Most of my coin activity nowadays involves cherrypicking varieties, studying them, and selling them for profit.
I, like many others, am frequently frustrated and infuriated by PCGS's inability to consistently assign proper Fivaz-Stanton numbers to my submissions.
In the past my usual procedure for coins that PCGS botched the attribution of, was to mail the coin in question to James Wiles and get a letter from him re-affirming that the coin was indeed the variety I was requesting. Then that letter would accompany the coin on a resubmission, and , VIOLA, PCGS would then get it right. It was a terrific service that James performed!
Now, however, it seems that Mr. Wiles can no longer offer this service. So my question is : How can I get PCGS to "see the light" anymore?
Posting pix here on the forum is well and good if one needs help identifying a die variety. But I normally don't need help. I consider myself quite competent at identifying and attributing my coins. It is PCGS that all too often needs help!
So is there a viable alternative that Coneca can offer me, as a paying member, in regards to obtaining a written variety attribution to help the TPG variety guys when they can't/don't provide good service?
My best (or at least, my most profitable) Franklin was an MS65FBL 1953-S that I picked raw at a show for around $20, then sold for $22K!
I am heavily involved with Franklin die varieties. Most of my coin activity nowadays involves cherrypicking varieties, studying them, and selling them for profit.
I, like many others, am frequently frustrated and infuriated by PCGS's inability to consistently assign proper Fivaz-Stanton numbers to my submissions.
In the past my usual procedure for coins that PCGS botched the attribution of, was to mail the coin in question to James Wiles and get a letter from him re-affirming that the coin was indeed the variety I was requesting. Then that letter would accompany the coin on a resubmission, and , VIOLA, PCGS would then get it right. It was a terrific service that James performed!
Now, however, it seems that Mr. Wiles can no longer offer this service. So my question is : How can I get PCGS to "see the light" anymore?
Posting pix here on the forum is well and good if one needs help identifying a die variety. But I normally don't need help. I consider myself quite competent at identifying and attributing my coins. It is PCGS that all too often needs help!
So is there a viable alternative that Coneca can offer me, as a paying member, in regards to obtaining a written variety attribution to help the TPG variety guys when they can't/don't provide good service?
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