...and I hope my fellow Society members can help.

I have been having an enjoyable time trying to get my raw Mexican coins in some semblance of order, and I've found a few that are submission candidates. I've also bought a couple of raw, circulated Morgans that I've add to my raw set. I'm still debating between auctions sites for my coins that don't fit into my interests.

However, I've run into a dilemma. While searching through my coins, I found a stack of Canadian coins I submitted for grading which came back with a "Candidate for NCS services" sticker on them. And I can see a bluish haze on the coins which I don't believe was there when I submitted them. Here's my first question: has anyone else had this sort of problem with Canadian coinage. All of the coins were in the official Mint packaging, so I don't understand how they picked up whatever it is they have on them?

My second big dilemma is this: Do I go ahead and submit to NCS (which seems to me the way I read the charges) is going to be very expensive, $20 per coin minimum for at least 13 coins. Is it cheaper to just buy another coin to replace them, or go ahead and submit to NCS and then have NGC grade them? Or is that even possible?

I've bought one replacement already, but thought I'd write an entry to record my dilemma and frstration. I would have thought NGC would have sent them right over, after asking me if it was ok.

Oh well, I guess this is going to be a good learning experience for me.

Image this entry is a 1900-O circulated Morgan.