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I’m preparing to submit coins to NGC for the first time, and I’m confused about the $5 option for internet imaging. I read that 100% of NGC coins are photographed and this is an advantage of NGC over PCGS. Is this correct? If so, then what does paying the extra $5 get me? Are the images higher quality than the default imaging? Or is the $5 imaging service only meant for older, already-slabbed coins that didn’t have an image of them taken back in the day? I just want to make sure that if I don’t choose any imaging option that there will be “default images” of the coins that appear on their registry pages. Thank you.

Hi Ali, I just came across this message from last year about the possible dissolution of the Canadian NGC Registry sets. As a new paying NGC member who is focused on building a collection of Canadian coins I was disappointed to read this. Is this dissolution still being considered? If not, I’d love to receive a commitment toward keeping the RCM registry sets before I continue to invest in growing my collection of NGC-graded Canadian coins. Thank you.

I recently purchased an NGC-graded 2019 $5 Silver Maple Leaf with a phonograph privy graded as PF-70/RP-70 from a very highly rated seller on eBay. When the coin arrived today I was surprised to see I received a different coin than was pictured in the listing. My coin has some kind of damage on the reverse. It looks like maybe the reverse proof finish has been chipped or perhaps naturally flaked off in a few spots. See the attached photo which you can also view on the NGC registry: https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/coins/3100872/ The black specks behind her majesty’s hair is the damage in question. This leads me to a few questions: 1) Are the reverse proof finishes on Canadian Maples known to flake off like this over time? 2) Is there a way for me to identify which registry photos were uploaded by NGC and which were uploaded by former owners of a coin? (I want to know if the registry photo that shows the damage represents what the coin looked like at the time it was graded.) 3) Is it possible to learn when a coin was graded? Thanks in advance!