Day 85 and counting ...

My previous update on this topic was made on day 72 (read my earlier journal entry titled: "Patience is a good thing").

Another 13 days have since passed.

Once again, the saga of my three raw medals on the path to "certificationhood" continues.

I believed (and hoped) that this saga would have ended today. I picked up my registered mail (from NGC) at the US Post Office and inspected its contents.

The three medals (along with twelve others) made the trip back home safely. Each was graded and encapsulated. Certification was achieved. The grading outcome was acceptable and near my expected grade.

After inspecting the original three medals (from the original "certificationhood" saga), I became destitute. To my disbelief a very simple mistake was made on the label. I'm not sure how it happened, but it is there. A simple typographical error.

Unfortunately, each of the three original medals were mislabeled with the wrong year. Yes, the year. I checked my original invoice and the year was correctly provided. The year on the label is a mistake and I was not the source of this mistake. (My finger is being pointed and it's not in my direction.)

The three original medals were to populate my Pearl Harbor medal collection. If you know your American history, one would know that Pearl Harbor was attacked in the year 1941 and not 1949. The label has a year of 1949.

I can understand the mistake, but it you look at your computer keyboard. There are 7 keys between the number 1 and the number 9.

To add insult to injury, three other medals (of the same type) also bear the incorrect year of 1949.

I can say one positive thing. At least there is consistency with the error and the other nine medal labels are not affected by a mild form of numerical dyslexia.

I have now a total of six mislabeled NGC graded and encapsulated medals.

I have contacted NGC and demanded corrective action to resolve this problem.

Day 85 and counting...or was that 58 (just kidding)

Below is an image of the incorrect label.

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