Have just sent my 1st of coins to be graded by NGC - I hope I havn't stuffed it up in some way by leaving something out somewhere
Printed out the NGC submission form instructions and I think I got it all - I guess they will tell me otherwise
Looking forward to finding out what happens now
What sort of coins did you send Mate?
Quote from: 'trout' pid='103528' dateline='1483679026'What sort of coins did you send Mate?
Sent them the 2002 Wedding set. Got the idea from you and by the way thanks for the assistance you have given
No Worries, Good luck with the grades Mate :yahoo:
Hope it all goes well for you gabby :good:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='103531' dateline='1483682810'No Worries, Good luck with the grades Mate :yahoo:
Thanks mate - I'll let you know the outcome.
How long does it normally take. Bearing in mind the silly season has just finished - might slow them down a bit. Just curious
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='103534' dateline='1483683605'Hope it all goes well for you gabby :good:
Thanks mate. I guess they will let me know and I'll improve from that
It normally takes 8-10 days for the submission to get to Sarrasota and then 2-3 weeks before you get your grades.
Then you have to wait until the coins get back which for some reason is a little longer than they take to get there.
So all up about 6 weeks from the time they leave Aus to the time they get back in your hands.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='103537' dateline='1483684891'It normally takes 8-10 days for the submission to get to Sarrasota and then 2-3 weeks before you get your grades.
Then you have to wait until the coins get back which for some reason is a little longer than they take to get there.
So all up about 6 weeks from the time they leave Aus to the time they get back in your hands.
OK thanks mate. So round the middle/end of Feb.
If I don't/havn't stuffed it up I 'll send them another set to do
The return postage with NGC is a lot more reasonable than it is with PCGS But you don't get the "Blue" Box.
Personally I much prefer to have a much cheaper return postage than the boxes anyway :good:
I forgot to say congratulations on doing your own submission :)
I forgot to say congratulations on doing your own submission :)
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Thanks and hope all goes well with it.
You will be right Mate, The coins are what they are and will get the same grade regardless of who sent them in for grading :ok:
Besides there is that element of satisfaction and control you get when you put your own submissions together :good:
OK just had a look on the NGC site and the coins (2002 wedding set) are on the way home
The grading results are:
$2 - SP68
$1 - SP69
50c - SP69
20c - SP68
10c - SP68
5c - SP69
I'm not too sure if that is good or not - considering they were protected in the plastic coin holders from the set
Anyway I'm happy that I have done my first submission and now know (I think) how to do it in future
That is not just good; it is excellent.
Well done, we have been following your progress and it looks like a successful outcome. I bet you can't wait for them to arrive so that you can see them in hand.
Top job gabby :good:
Pedro
Thanks gang for the positive responses
I'll get the next lot ready to send now and see how they go
Yes pretty good results gabby, well done :good: Now to get a SP70 :yahoo:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='105487' dateline='1487415526'Yes pretty good results gabby, well done :good: Now to get a SP70 :yahoo:
That's the aim with all of them with the next lot sent AJ.
Now that would be nice:yahoo::yahoo:
These are my results from NGC for 90 Wedding set coins.
I didn't look at the coins from these sets too hard before I sent them away like I would usually do for any other coin because as a rule the coins in these sets are pretty much perfect.
The grading results pretty much speak for themselves as to the average quality of the coins in these sets.
Sp70 x 21
SP69 x 59
SP68 x 7
SP67 x 2
SP66 x 1
I didn't send the coins away to be graded in their original capsules, I carefully removed them from the caps and put them into saflips then put the flips into a binder 20 coin page to protect the coins and to prevent any movement of the coins in transit.
That's a nice lot of good grading there trout.
I think I did the opposite to you - that is I kept them in the capsules, then in a zip lock bag then bubble wrapped them - keeping them separate
I sent the whole 2002 set and I think that's how I will do it for the future sets as well
When I sent my Wedding sets away I didn't "Vet" any of the coins in the sets, I simply sent whatever coins were in the various sets away to be graded.
Normally before I send high grade coins away to be graded I take a high res image of each side of every coin then I look at the images on my computer at very high magnification to see if there are any problems with the coin.
This is especially useful when deciding which Proof coins to send and which to reject, My desired minimum grade for decimal proofs is PR69 and anything with even a minute flaw or spot gets rejected.
I didn't do this with the Wedding Set coins mainly because they are incredibly hard to image and because of the super high standard of the coins in the sets pretty much negated the need to scrutinise them that closely.
With only 10 coins out of the 90 coins that I submitted not making SP69 or better and 7 of those 10 came in at SP68 anyway, My decision to not spend a few hours imaging and studying each coin before submitting them was justified.
The Wedding Set coins ARE beautifully struck and the expectations of getting the majority of coins to grade SP69 or better are well founded.
Well done for going through the submission process by doing everything yourself as it is far more rewarding and satisfying to do this than to submit coins via a third party. :good:
It is a lot more work and the paperwork, packaging and posting the coins is a real pain in the arse But when you see those results on the NGC or PCGS websites there is a real sense of satisfaction and pride knowing that you have been "Solely" responsible for the work :yahoo:
I am looking forward to your future grading results So once again Good on You and Well done for making the effort to do all this yourself :good:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='105517' dateline='1487467656'When I sent my Wedding sets away I didn't "Vet" any of the coins in the sets, I simply sent whatever coins were in the various sets away to be graded.
Normally before I send high grade coins away to be graded I take a high res image of each side of every coin then I look at the images on my computer at very high magnification to see if there are any problems with the coin.
This is especially useful when deciding which Proof coins to send and which to reject, My desired minimum grade for decimal proofs is PR69 and anything with even a minute flaw or spot gets rejected.
I didn't do this with the Wedding Set coins mainly because they are incredibly hard to image and because of the super high standard of the coins in the sets pretty much negated the need to scrutinise them that closely.
With only 10 coins out of the 90 coins that I submitted not making SP69 or better and 7 of those 10 came in at SP68 anyway, My decision to not spend a few hours imaging and studying each coin before submitting them was justified.
The Wedding Set coins ARE beautifully struck and the expectations of getting the majority of coins to grade SP69 or better are well founded.
Well done for going through the submission process by doing everything yourself as it is far more rewarding and satisfying to do this than to submit coins via a third party. :good:
It is a lot more work and the paperwork, packaging and posting the coins is a real pain in the arse But when you see those results on the NGC or PCGS websites there is a real sense of satisfaction and pride knowing that you have been "Solely" responsible for the work :yahoo:
I am looking forward to your future grading results So once again Good on You and Well done for making the effort to do all this yourself :good:
Thanks mate for the kind words and to you for the help offered when asked.