grading help

serial · May 13, 2014, 02:02:27 PM

trying to do my 1st submission but cant find the following coins
1888 b raised 1/4 rupee india brit
closest I get with online submission is
863162 1888(c) 1/4 Rup Without mint mark MS

how do I fill the online form out if I don't have the pcgs number?

markn · May 13, 2014, 02:17:39 PM

We write ours out by hand and when there's no PCGS number we put the KM# in. There's still a lot of coins without PCGS numbers.

purplepennyhunter · May 13, 2014, 03:00:10 PM

If you do the online form (oh now I forget) is it 40 coins then it borks and you have to start over. Or 20 coins, I don't remember. I got just a little cranky one day when it did that to me.

serial · May 13, 2014, 06:08:35 PM

how are we meant to pack the coins. is anyone able to put a pic up of how they transport them?

markn · May 13, 2014, 06:27:59 PM

Quote from: 'serial' pid='49023' dateline='1399970315'how are we meant to pack the coins. is anyone able to put a pic up of how they transport them?

We put them in saflips. Put the coins in a sealable glad bag. Wrap the lot in bubble wrap and tape. Put that in a box and pack the box out so there's no movement. Then 100% cover the box in fiber reinforced tape. We go to these extremes because we've had two submissions refused by PCGS at the other end. One must have been with a case of wine that broke and came back soggy and smelling like a wino. Luckily all the internal plastic stopped any coin damage. The other one had be stomped on and the side of the box had split. Since the splitting incident we tape the box with 100% coverage.

keldaw · May 13, 2014, 06:50:06 PM

OH, gee thanks heaps for the heads up Mark as that's really good to know, AJ

purplepennyhunter · May 13, 2014, 07:14:24 PM

We've recently started double boxing the whole thing, box in a box. Dodgy postal workers have been known to break the side of a package and pull something out of it and pocket it. This removes that potential problem.

JeffH · May 13, 2014, 07:22:33 PM

Doesn't matter what you do; sometimes you will lose. I sent a rather valuable lot of coins to Turkey a few months ago.
Signature on delivery, tracking and extra cover.
Never heard of again after getting to Sydney airport.
Extra cover (insurance)? Well, forget that, Turkey has restrictions on importing currency! So "numismatics" is not covered. Big argument between definition of numismatics and "currency" -waste of time. What, refund your premium because we would not cover you? Certainly not!
Don't you just love dealing with big corporations, especially when two of them can shuttle you back and forth? (Meant to be sarcastic.)

serial · May 13, 2014, 08:04:39 PM

thanks all for the advice
so after I do the online form, do I print a copy of and enclose with the package, and how do you label each saflap
also what happens if you list the wrong coin on the submission form ( I am sending an old indian rupee and may have the wrong type)
I also know they don't do hammered coins on reg submission but milled is fine right?

nealeffendi · May 13, 2014, 08:05:20 PM

Probably the biggest reason I have not sent any coins to get slabbed is I couldn't face the heartbreak of losing them in the mail. Reading Mark and Jeffs horror stories doesn't inspire confidence.

JeffH · May 13, 2014, 08:07:40 PM

That, thankfully, is the exception. Postage to "mainstream" (for want of a better word) countries is mostly reliable.
Please don't let my bad experience put you off.

markn · May 13, 2014, 08:13:01 PM

Quote from: 'serial' pid='49035' dateline='1399977279'thanks all for the advice
so after I do the online form, do I print a copy of and enclose with the package, and how do you label each saflap
also what happens if you list the wrong coin on the submission form ( I am sending an old indian rupee and may have the wrong type)
I also know they don't do hammered coins on reg submission but milled is fine right?

Put the submission number and line number on the flip with an adhesive sticker. If you put the wrong coin number on the coin there's every chance it'll be slabbed wrong (mechanical error). Any sort of milled coin should be fine even some hammered. We've sent a couple of pagodas which are very crudely made and they've graded fine.

serial · May 14, 2014, 10:37:14 AM

ok so I have now sent it, aus post thinks it should get there by fri but worst case Monday. how long does it take pcgs to log it in?

markn · May 14, 2014, 10:39:14 AM

Quote from: 'serial' pid='49044' dateline='1400029634'ok so I have now sent it, aus post thinks it should get there by fri but worst case Monday. how long does it take pcgs to log it in?

They can do it on the same day they get it, they can take a week. Once you've sent the package I strongly advise you to think about something else until you get an email from PCGS saying your grades are ready. Excessive Impatience While Waiting For PCGS Grades is now a known mental condition which many members here suffer from and I'd hate to see you join our ranks

serial · May 14, 2014, 11:09:05 AM

to late

I want my results now