...u may be in for a surprise...i submitted 14 submissions in various tiers, received on 1/29/22...3 of which i have received back, 7 of which r currently in quality control, 1 which is in encapsulation, 1 in imaging...n 2 scheduled for grading.....

On 2/24/2022 at 1:09 PM, zadok said:

...u may be in for a surprise...i submitted 14 submissions in various tiers, received on 1/29/22...3 of which i have received back, 7 of which r currently in quality control, 1 which is in encapsulation, 1 in imaging...n 2 scheduled for grading.....

I would be overjoyed to get them back sooner, but I'm still not getting my hopes up. 😅

I need to work on another submission to finish / round out some work with my 500 L set for Shandy.

The last time I sent multiple submissions, NGC sent the coins back to me as they graded them. Interestingly, my world modern submission was the last submission to make it back to me.

Sounds like I should think about submitting things now to make the December deadline

My experience is that NGC typically beats there turnaround times, but you wouldn't get that impression if you read the posts in the ASK NGC section.  I agree, don't get your hopes up but I think they'll ship back ahead of schedule. 

On 2/24/2022 at 1:55 PM, ColonialCoinsUK said:

Sounds like I should think about submitting things now to make the December deadline

Sad but very true.  

On 2/24/2022 at 5:46 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

My experience is that NGC typically beats there turnaround times, but you wouldn't get that impression if you read the posts in the ASK NGC section.  I agree, don't get your hopes up but I think they'll ship back ahead of schedule. 

This has also been my experience- with 1 notable and much talked about exception. All I can say is we'll see. 🤷‍♂️ I would love to have those 500 L coins / grades back for my wife's bday in mid-June, but we'll see.

On 2/24/2022 at 2:54 PM, coinsbygary said:

The last time I sent multiple submissions, NGC sent the coins back to me as they graded them. Interestingly, my world modern submission was the last submission to make it back to me.

...my 13 different submissions contained multiple coins in many cases n some individual coins due to the tier selected...in most cases i requested that they be shipped as graded, the additional shipping is really incidental to the overall total cost for certification....

On 2/24/2022 at 7:04 PM, zadok said:

...my 13 different submissions contained multiple coins in many cases n some individual coins due to the tier selected...in most cases i requested that they be shipped as graded, the additional shipping is really incidental to the overall total cost for certification....

Depends on what you're submitting/ what tier. 

On 2/24/2022 at 8:27 PM, Revenant said:

Depends on what you're submitting/ what tier. 

...true i guess if u go by % of the total...but $25 seems incidental in the big picture of things especially if u dont like waiting to get ur coins back....

update...3 more of those submissions completed n shipped back all the rest in grading now or grading qual control, so im thinking ur turn around be faster than u expect...

On 2/25/2022 at 2:02 PM, zadok said:

update...3 more of those submissions completed n shipped back all the rest in grading now or grading qual control, so im thinking ur turn around be faster than u expect...

I hope that's true just because I'd love for the turnaround times for everyone to come down, and for NGC to finally get room to breathe and end the 60 hour weeks they're pulling. 

Supporting Zadok's comment, World modern times have turned back down to only 62 days, which might put the coins / grades back in May. 

World modern turnaround times are now down to 56 business days. 

On 3/7/2022 at 10:02 PM, Revenant said:

World modern turnaround times are now down to 56 business days. 

Nice! They are getting closer to catching up with opening the mail as well. 

I'll probably have a small submission of gold coins ready to go in the next few weeks, I'm still debating on whether or not to send some silver though. 

On 3/8/2022 at 5:08 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

 

I'll probably have a small submission of gold coins ready to go in the next few weeks, I'm still debating on whether or not to send some silver though. 

This is making me more hopeful about getting a Venezuela + Italian Lire finisher submission in, and also making me feel less pressured / less rushed at the same time.  I think I'd pass on submitting Modern Silver unless you feel like it just really needs to be in a slab.  Old silver is kewl.

On 3/8/2022 at 11:25 AM, Revenant said:

I think I'd pass on submitting Modern Silver unless you feel like it just really needs to be in a slab.  

It's the registry bug, I've been bit.  I've been hanging onto some modern silver for a year or more now and it's for one registry set that I'd like to keep up to date, but until the mail gets caught up and the turnaround times drop a little I'll probably still hold them back and maybe go with a PMG submission instead.