RE: PCGS & NGC Will Accept Stolen Coins and Grade them, No Problem & Not tell anyone
Is it helpful to go after the grading people over this?
Even Chards admit in their videos that they've been caught out once in a blue moon, and they keep a whole tray of fakes to help with training new appraisers.
When graders say 'data protection' what they really mean is they don't like getting involved between conflicted parties unless they have to (the police make a specific request). Even the police often won't tell you how their investigation into an alleged crime against you is going, unless there are special circumstances.
Neither the police nor these grading agencies want to give a member of the public any dirt on someone else which could then lead to vigilante action, etc.
I am surprised, however, that they won't accept a one-way statement from you cautioning against a theft. Do you have a police reference number in relation to this coin yet? That could really help when contacting them.
I won't be raising a mob and hanging the guy to the nearest tree, but hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i think they 'the graders' should have 'some' responsibility in this for sure, as by grading stolen coins they are relabeling them as legitimate helping to disquise them, if you know what i mean
If you send genuine coins in, they will label them as genuine coins.
If you send your own coins in, they don't label them as 'not stolen'
They probably make the same distinction. They grade the coin, not its rightful ownership. Sadly.