"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 "received" status, but in 6 work days went through "grading", "quality control", and "shipping". So, even though the order seemed to progress "slowly", it was out the door and heading back to me in the allotted time. Ultimately, that's all I'm concerned about.

If you want, we can grumble about our orders in a couple of weeks when we're both still waiting for our coins to ship ;-) In the mean time I'm just going to relax, and enjoy the raw and graded coins I have at home in my collection.

Take it easy, and hang in there!