I emailed them to ask what criteria and also why certain coin makers are accepted and not others....they responded as follows..
Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Service.
Some coins are not gradable because we do not have enough research or information on them. We cannot confirm why one coin may be graded and why another may not, as it will all depend on whether or not our graders feel they are comfortable enough and/or have enough resources and research to grade these coins.
Please let me know if you have any following questions.
Best Regards,
Celinda
Sounds like a bunch of BS.... "Graders feeling comfortable"
Are the graders also authenticating?
I would think with a company of PCGS size/cost, they would have authenticators who do this before the coins even reach the graders
Maybe they need to hire one of us!!
Indeed...you would think that right? I know Stacks uses Elias for their crypto....why cant PCGS do something similar?
In time I believe they will come around and find someone who can fill that niche and examine their crypto collectables.
I just wish others have Jumbo slabs for I wouldnt have to wait for PCGS to come around and do mine.
I wasted 6 bloddy months for them to tell me no and of course paying the fee as well.