I recently sent an overnight package to NGC for ancient coin grading. Marked the outside of the package EX as one of the two submissions inside was at that speed. The other three items were expanded grade and weight. The tracking info from USPS indicated
The coin has Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated details but has heavy marks on Liberty's face as well as rim damage. It also has hairlines that are sufficiently extensive that a grading service would likely describe it as "cleaned". The photos show it being improperly handled; a coin with...
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Just acquired a lovely little copper farthing coin, but there's some obtrusive carbon spotting on the reverse. Is that something NGC conservation can deal with? If not, will the coin be graded as a details, or have a reduced grading because of it? Cheers for any pointers. Christopher ...
These are facts, not a rant. I'm hoping new folks to submitting coins will read this first before wasting their time and money like I did. I submitted 30 coins to NGC for mint error grading. Finding a RPM, or a DDO or a DDR is not what it used to be. You
Greg, it also appears the RARITY of the coin matters too. Remember that PCGS scratched up (and cleaned) VG or so 1796 Bust quarter? If that was any other coin it would have been tagged and bagged. Yes, I know rarity is part of the equation. That's why I said "How rare is the...
countries combined. every coin no mater what county it was received at looks like the same designed token from any other country. The different languages were on each coin. However the packaging was different in some of the countries that I have seen. Here is some of my info I have ...
I have been reading about different conditions, and how to determine which one a coin is. However, I still have trouble fully understanding it, as most guides(that I read) online have very low res/quality pictures for comparison. 1965 Nickel with Elisabe
I would like to suggest that a coin be given a numeric grade based on the coin's status. If the coin is genuine it could be given a grade; cleaning a coin does not make it fake, it would make it AU or less, but still a real coin. It could be listed as a reason that a coin...