Ncs submission showed up at NGC

I am a bit embarassed to admit this {especially since I take a bit of pride in my steel trap of a memory} but I had forgottten about a coin I had submitted. I have been a bit overwhelmed with working, I also had 6 coins in an NGC submission I was keeping track of and with all of the summer plans, cookouts, obligations, anniversary, birthdays etc etc--it just slipped my mind.

In mid-may I had sent away a 1907 Jamestown 300th Aniversary SC$1 to NCS for conserving and having no way to check its progress-other than calling and nagging them-it just slipped my mind.

Yesterday I was going through my bank stuff on-line and saw a charge by NGC and almost instantly remembered and guessed what it was. I quickly logged out of banking and came to this site and checked "order status". Low and behold it not only had arrived at NGC from NCS, but it was Finalized/imaged/shipped.

I checked the grade- it was an NGC slabbed MS63 when I sent it-and it will be coming home as an MS63. {As many of you who have read my journal entries- I may be the unluckiest numismatic submitter in history !!}

But the grade wasn't the point so I don't care. The coin had some black spots that I hoped could be removed professionally and I didn't want to risk messing it up and having it bodybagged.

So I'm actually excited to get it back. I saw the coin at a Stack's auction....it took about a month for the auction end date, another week for the coin to arrive, and then I mailed it to NCS 2 days later...so after about 4 months it will finally be in my possesion for me to enjoy.

I only hope that the conservation was successful {after almost 2 months with them I almost feel like there BETTER be some improvement}

here is a before photo, the coin is a brass/copper/silver alloy and sometimes the "staining" cannot be removed because its not just superficial but goes deeper into the metal....crossing my fingers...