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NGC Journals

Gregory Taylor's Journal

WHEN IN DOUBT-BODY BAG.

The body bags save our investment.   NGC and PCGS will not grade a questionable coin. This policy is the most important factor in protecting our investment. When I buy an NGC or PCGS graded coin I know it is guaranteed. If the grader isn?t sure, the coin must be rejected. This strict policy is reflected in the coin market. Your NGC or PCGS coin will always sell at a fair price because it is certified as the real thing.   1877-S 25C
Gregory Taylor

Gregory Taylor

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NumisGuard's Journal

RE: Do you want it fast or do you want it right??

If only you could guarantee this tradeoff... If only you could guarantee this tradeoff... I might buy it. However, the reality is that it could take a million days and still be inaccurate. These coins arent taking forever because NGC is taking extra time to look them over. They are taking extra time because they are sitting there waiting to be graded behind higher priority items... and once they do get to these coins (which are piling up) they will be so behind, I would doubt any additiona
NumisGuard

NumisGuard

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Dan Kozlowski's Journal

TURNAROUND TIMES

AND HERES YOUR ANSWER! You need to quit your crying and thank GOD you live in AMERICA and have the FINEST coin grading company grading your coins. I would suggest your go on E-BAY and look for more coins to send in while you are waiting. Works for me
Dan Kozlowski

Dan Kozlowski

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NumisGuard's Journal

Turnaround times

So here's a question.... Is the current turnaround time what to expect if you send a coin in today? Or for all coins they have now? With the turnaround time for economy going up and up, are my coins ever going to be returned? I still have an order from 06/21 marked received... I was expecting early august based on their 30 day turnaround time...but within the last day or two they tacked on another 8 days. 38 days is excessive to say the least.
NumisGuard

NumisGuard

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Admiral Mike-migration's Journal

Do you want it fast or do you want it right??

This coming from the king of complainers.... Let me tell you... I have ripped NGC more than once, both on and off this site... I have been their king of complainers. Having said that I would rather NGC take a little extra time and get it right rather than be fast and have slip-shod service. It is helpful to check CURRENT turnaround times before sending your coins. You also need to remember that those turnaround times do not include weekends (sat/sun). Today on the NGC site CURRENT turnaroun
mightytoast's Journal

Re: "Long Wait" by antthe1

"Patience Lieutenant, patience." Sarris, Galaxy Quest. My most recent order was received by NGC on July 18th as well. With the 19 day work day turn around, that puts the order to be shipped around August 11th (thanks Michael W. Cooper). I think it's still to early to be concerned about the order. (They have been "scheduled for grading" for almost a week now.) Sometimes an order can rapidly progress through the different stages. My last order of 5 coins spent nearly 13 work days in the "
mightytoast

mightytoast

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Chazown's Journal

Still Waiting Here Too

Long Wait seems to be Getting Longer I'm in the same boat with several of you. NGC has 4 orders and none seem to be moving forward. I have 2 older orders that are still in received status, one since June. One in Grading process and 1 in Quality control and it's been there for a week (for only 5 coins). It's very frustrating. I'm thinking of trying some of the other guys, just to compare. This seems way too long.
Chazown

Chazown

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100caps's Journal

Re gold buff

Sell now, the mint is still making them and won't run out. There are just too many for this coin to ever reach a value status, above melt. Keep one for yourself, if you like it. But for an increasing mint product buy...... You should buy the proof platinum coins, if you want long term value. They have very low mintages, and an increasing collector base.
100caps

100caps

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ant11's Journal

long wait

sent in 2 different orders and they botharived on the 18th of july 1 group(the peace dollars) made it to the first stage and stopped. the second order 7 morgans has still got received next to it. like it was never even opened. comming into aug. and 1 week in there hands i still see no movement. i had to call on the first one to make sure everything was alright, but dont want to chance making the gods mad by calling and asking if the morgans are ever going to be opened. all coins sent in were
ant11

ant11

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Saltiel's Coins's Journal

NGC Coin Grading, No Cameos?

Why not a cameo or deep cameo? Is it just me or is NGC getting completely strict on cameos? I just received a submission back from NGC. I was extremely dissapointed at the poor judgements of cameo and deep cameo. I received cameo's that looked a lot worse then those graded with out the cameo designation. Words cannot show the proof of these coins. I have pictures of cameo and non-cameo graded coins that make my point. Ask for some example pictures that I took. A picture of a 1963 1c PR6
Saltiel's Coins

Saltiel's Coins

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kbr1315-migration's Journal

Re:Ever had a slab go bad?

they will reslab the coin for 5.00 NGC doesn't grade the coin at all, they just reslab it. The thing with the older slabs that makes them popular is about the same as the old green holders from PCGS, people say that grading was tighter back in those days and the possibility of an upgrade is there (which in some cases can mean thousands of dollars). The old slab doesn't have any more value than a newer slab unless the coin inside is exceptional for the grade given and there is a possibility it
Bryan1315

Bryan1315

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DAJ's Journal

Ever had a slab go bad?

What to do now? I recently spent quite a lot of money on an older slabbed MS 62 from 1834. A great coin with though with a bit of a darker patina than might be in vogue now. About over night, I noticed three small dark smudges on the reverse side of the holder. The coin looks just the same as always. The darkness looks like it would if there had been three little pieces of scotch tape on the slab, but it is within the slab. Then below there are some smudges in the plastiic that look lik
DAJ

DAJ

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RYK's Journal

The 1854-D $3 has a surprising survival percentage compared to other $3's

given its low mintage. Herein, I have included the survival percentage of all dates in the series, except the 1870-S, which has a survival percentage of 50% (two struck, one known survivor)! I offered the 54-D $3 as an example of a coin with a relatively high surviving population of a low reported mintage. Mr. Lustig countered: However, compared to other $3 gold pieces, the 54-D probably has a lower than average survival rate. And then RYK: Certainly the 54-D $3 has a lower survival ra
RYK

RYK

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MikeKing's Journal

Growing up

There are points in the collecting career where you might stop for a moment to catch your breath and look at things differently, provided your inner compulsion to acquire coins doesn't blind you in the process. But that compulsion to acquire may remain and serve you well provided you allow yourself to maintain clarity of purpose. It's the tenacity to the clarity of purpose, the constant defining and re-defining your goals and how you go about them that gives you the chance to change within t
MikeKing

MikeKing

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timward75's Journal

unique delaware

i need some help with pricing i have a delaware ngc graded ms67 pl anybody know an approximate value i should place on this coin as far as i know i have the only 1 in existance email me with any help at timward75@aol.com
timward75

timward75

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Joethecoinguy's Journal

Compradore, there's an easy answer to that.

The most you pay is for the shipping of the coins back to them. Call up NGC and explain the mistake, and they will simply ask you to send the coins whose labels they switched back to them - - make sure to include an explaining note and label the slabs as "technical errors". The most you pay is for the shipping of the coins back to them - - you may want to try and ask the billing office for credit on that once they correct their mistakes and send the slabs back to you.
Joethecoinguy

Joethecoinguy

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Compradore's Journal

What do you do when NGC incorrectly grades a coin?

They graded it a grade HIGHER than it should and called it a 5FS Jefferson when it has no steps at all... Oh well it does have the top one but that's about all. I sent in 2 jeffersons and they apparently switched grades on the coins, the one which had FS they labeled a no-stepper and the one with no steps they called a 5FS. Well I sent them some more money and sent both coins back for a re-grade. Damn, I can't beleive they gave the steps back to the one which had them but now I have 2 coins sl
Compradore

Compradore

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Ruth's Journal

anacs and James TAylor

JAmes is a man of his word! I have known James Taylor for the last 8 years and he made ICG. He will get things turned around at anacs and will do so quickly. If he tells you hes going to do something he does it period! I just got back a submition and even though it didnt grade as high as I wanted it was one of the fastest turn-arounds ever 7 days!! Give the man a chance and he will not let you down!
Ruth

Ruth

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