Fenntucky Mike

I'd think about leaving them in the PCGS slabs, a third round of grading is probably not going to net you much other than more expense. Especially if they were mishandled as you claim. Do you have some before and after pics of one or two of the coins, I'd really like to see that 66+ that dropped 2+ points, that's surprising. Especially since PCGS seems to get called out for gradeflation more often than not, more so on the big ticket coins.

Looks like and probably is a milk spot/s, TPGs don't guarantee that they won't show up after encapsulation and they can't be removed without altering the surface of the coin. Milk spots can appear at anytime even years down the road. They will get worse (darker) and the coin is no longer a MS69. Here's a link to our hosts opinion of them. https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/coins-we-grade/white-spots/

Dec 4th

Almost, That's a really neat coin by the way, goes really good with the notes. That depiction of a bird (or one very similar) is one of the watermarks on the notes right? You can't beat the price and first place to boot. The most likely sets to have a chance at "worst of the best" are world countries, circulation issues (no proofs or precious metals), moderns and registries with only one participant. Also a minimum of one coin in the set. Using those criteria I started at the bottom with Zimbabwe and worked my way up, found a tie in Vatican City but found a new champ in Thailand and stopped. Looks like it's going to be two years running.

Packing paper or equivalent, newspaper, magazine pages, whatever. Never used bubble wrap but it would probably be just as effective. Rubber band everything together best I can, stuff them in the smallest box possible and off they go. So far so good If I submit coins in original capsules the rattle of the coin in the capsule makes me a little nervous but then I think "pfft. It's only modern NCLT".

LOL, it's all yours my friend. Well done.

Not a fancy number, at least not one that a TPG would recognize or one that would carry a premium. A nice note in very good condition, worth $2. Post it across the isle at PMG, we like seeing notes over there. Here's a link to some of the fancy numbers PMG will recognize. https://www.pmgnotes.com/news/article/5901/Fancy-Serial-Numbers-On-Currency/

Awesome! We can all make some rash decisions in the moment, I know I have. Let us know how it goes.

Why lie, chances are that the clerk would have happily traded you, if you were honest with them. Most people are more than happy to exchange if you tell them the truth and they see your excitement/passion for collecting. To bad... Good news is that you can still make it right. Up to you and you'll probably get to keep the coin anyway.

Ever think about resubmitting this one, that is a great looking dime. Never mind. I just read your notes on it. Good luck.

1921

Glad you are enjoying your coins, that's what it's all about. Chances are, those coins will never be worth more than they are right now. If you're looking to turn a profit, now is the time, then pick one of these up (no spots) 5-10 years down the road at a reduced price. Probably.

A realization that I was late to the party on.

Congrats on the coin/grade. If the PF 2020 W ASE's (with out privy) are any indication you should expect around 86% of the WWII ASE's to grade at 70 (from NGC). The 2020 -S proofs were grading at the same clip.

If you paid for NGC Photo Vision, those aren't the pictures from that service. Those are just the standard images they take of almost every coin. The Photo Vision images will be of the coin out of the holder, they will email them directly to you. It may take a day or two to receive them.

That was a fast turnaround, WOW. Hopefully those are just marks/debris on the holder, some of it absolutely is. Or reflections in the proof fields. There a some areas I don't like the look of but it's tough to say without seeing the coin in hand.

Welcome to the forum, The 51 I see quite often the 50 not as much. Tokens are tons of fun to collect, the only problem is that there ARE tons of them. I had to limit myself to a region (i.e. Allegan county MI) otherwise I'd have buckets of these laying around.

That's brilliant, I've been trying to figure out a way to get the images of my raw tokens to be visible in a custom set. Now I can pick back up on my custom sets.

It works. Sorry Dena. JK

True, I was thinking of the 1/2oz that sold out yesterday for some reason. Probably because I'm wishing I had tried to get it. So the Early Bird/Standard submission would be the cheapest or to cover the resale value completely the Express tier. You can, at least I have in the past (on the Modern tier).

I'm pretty sure your coins can be submitted on the same form (Modern Tier). Nope, the submission #'s are unique. Best you can do is submit on same form and have sequential cert #'s, -001 & -002. Only other thing I can think of is if they have a dual holder for the coins, two coins in one holder. I'm pretty sure they don't but if you were going to ask a question to NGC that would be it. The cert #'s are supposed to be unique.

As long as you send them in on the same form they will have close to the same Cert #'s. XXXXXXX-001 & XXXXXXX-002

It's slow here today so I thought I'd chime in, I think you're in the ballpark. I agree MS but lower 64, 63 maybe, just too many marks for me on the obv. Nice find! Let's see what everyone else says, as I'm no expert.

If you go to your email settings in your NGC account you can have them email you their Weekly Market Report. Here's the Saint's info for what it's worth You can also use the NGC Price Guides they keep them pretty up to date for U.S. coins, but can be on the high side. People tend to knock 10 - 20% off those prices and use that number as a gage. Here's a link to the price guide for the Saint's https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/united-states/gold-double-eagles/70/

About the same as you, my boats were all pontoons. Order went through about quarter after and received conformation right away.