M.T.

Hello Ali,

Could you please add new slot in

• Competitive Sets
• Great Britain - Pre-Decimal
• Shilling, George III, 1763-1820, Circulation Issue
  
  for 1817 G.BRITAIN BROKEN B IN BRITT 1S ( cert.no 6769296-001 ).
  
  This set already includes varieties such as 1817 R/E and 1819/8.
  NGC census currently shows total of 2 graded as it was just recently introduced. It is not a rare variety. It doesn't matter (to me)  if it is competitive or non-competitive slot.

Thank you.

Kind regards, Michal

Hello, 

1) I have a NGC graded coin with provenance on the label (just name of previous owner, irrelevant
to me or to the value of the coin) and would like to get rid off it. What are my options? I assume
that sending coin for ReHolder service won't do the trick as label most likely remains unchanged
as such? ... Can you advise me, please.

2) I have sent coin in older type scratched NGC holder for ReHolder. This was done but the coin
was not photographed in it's new holder which means that when you use “verify NGC
Certification” it's a bit confusing as the holder do not much – if you know what I mean. 
I know that details on the label are the same but still... it could be a concern for potential buyer?
Was it done by mistake or is it normal practice that you don't retake photographs if type of
holder was changed during ReHolder service?
 

Thank you, Michal

On 7/22/2021 at 7:34 PM, USAuPzlBxBob said:

Here is an easy suggestion…

For 'My Competitive Sets', when someone looks at mine there is a "story" to be told when the combined photos, one for each Competitive Set, are seen.  I've worked the "story" to tell its "tale" best when the Competitive Sets are presented using the Points (high to low) sort. (the "clicker" on the upper right of the page)

However, every time I visit My Competitive Sets page, the order of My Competitive Sets has reverted to the Default Sort again.

Can NGC make the My Competitive Sets page "sort feature" default to a sets-display-order that the owner of the sets chooses, with the ability for the owner to "Save" that set-display-order so that everyone sees the sets (when visiting) in the Saved order?

And of course, a visitor could then "click" the sort box to choose some other sort option, i.e. Recently Updated.

That would be great, I support this request.

At least, if this is not doable (which is unlikely),  consider adding sort option "by ranking" - at the moment there is no convenient way how to look at your sets, current options are not very helpful (IMO)

Thank you for clarification,  Lisa.

Hello, I just do wonder if I send NGC graded coin, let’s say MS 64 for Conservation + re-grade - is the MS 64 grade guaranteed or is there a possibility the coin can receive lower grade or even Details grade (cleaned)? Thank you. 

1 hour ago, Ali E. said:

Hello, M.T., and thank you for your interest. Please provide your certification number and the other coins/slots in the same set that you believe are equally a challenge. Our senior team will then make an analysis of the coins in question. 

Thank you for your reply, Ali. 

The three slots I'd like to question are in the following set: 
Half Crown, Victoria, 1839-1901, Circulation Issue, Including Varieties:

Slot No. 1: Halfcrown 1839, currency issue. This coin is extremely rare, rated R4 by ESC (only
11-20 examples believed to exist), even if very rarely available the purchase price
is prohibitive for even above average collector.

Slot No. 18: Halfcrown 1876/6. This is even not recognized variety at all, just re-punched numeral
as very common on most Victorian coins. This is not recognized in Spink, ESC, Bull or
Davies (most comprehensive catalogue of every known date,type and variety of British
silver coins since 1816). Not sure how/why this attribution was made, normally it's
quite challenging to achieve variety attribution even if the variety is in the books
mentioned above. Only one coin graded and most likely is destined to remain the only
one forever. 

I believe that these two slots should be surely non-competitive, there is no chance that average collector will be ever able to complete this set and compete with these two slots being competitive.

Slot No. 17: Halfcrown 1876/5 This is rare but recognized variety. It's for consideration. At the moment again only one example is graded and in this case NGC normally refuses to make slot competitive (as happened to me with 6027677-026) but for some reason not in this case.

Thank you for consideration.

Hello Ali, 

I understand that the whole point of non-competitive coins is to make 100% completion of any registry set attainable for our average collector and that there are several factors involved when making the decision to mark a coin as non-competitive in an NGC Competitive Registry Set and that these factors may include low mintage, difficulty in obtaining/purchasing the coin, and an unusually high price in relation to the other coins required to fill the set. I have recently had one coin made non-competitive for this very reason. 

Now, there is a set where 3 slots surely fulfil all these criteria and in spite of that these slots are competitive and surely make 100% completion of this registry set attainable for even above average collector. My question is – if I provide you with details would you consider changing these slots from competitive to non-competitive?  

On 5/12/2021 at 10:02 PM, M.T. said:

Hello, can you please consider adding the following sets:

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Shilling, George II, 1727-1760, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  6029193-012 )

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Groat, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  6029193-014 )

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Shilling, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  4866154-008 )

Thank you, Michal

Hello. Thank you very much for creating requested sets. I have, however, noticed that one of them (Groat, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue) is  not in the correct category (IMO):

Currently: Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain-Maundy Sets - Groat, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue. So it is listed under "Maundy Sets" but should be under "Pre-decimal":

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Groat, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  6029193-014 ) was listed under "Maundy sets" but should be under "Pre-decimal"

Can this be corrected, please - obviuously if you agree with me. Thank you. Michal

Hello, can you please consider adding the following sets:

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Shilling, George II, 1727-1760, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  6029193-012 )

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Groat, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  6029193-014 )

Competitive Sets - United Kingdom - Great Britain - Pre-decimal - Shilling, Anne, 1702-1714, Circulation Issue ( e.g. for  4866154-008 )

Thank you, Michal