This may have been brought up already somewhere in these forums since its announcement was back in December, but I came across this as I was gearing up for my next NGC submission. It's nice to see that modern US and world coins both now share a 1955 start date. And, if I'm reading it correctly, the economy tier no longer has a 5-coin minimum?? It's still cheaper to submit multiple coins on a per coin basis, but this may be nice to see if you have a one-off coin worth a few hundred dollars that you want graded. Anyway, I thought I'd share this with those of you who submit coins to NGC. Here's the complete list of changes and the link: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5649/NGC-services-and-fees-changes/
From what I hear, all the TPGS are experiencing a slowdown in certain sectors. While paper money and foreign coin submissions are generally on the increase, vintage coin submissions are down. Thus, the TPGS are becoming more "user friendly." One of the majors is even lowering their rates to unheard of levels just to produce revenue! Judging from watching TPGS tables at FUN, I'll bet at least one company lost money at the show. I predict we'll have fewer TPGS's in a year or two.
Yes, IIRC before 2017, the classics ended with the Benjamin halves, and the moderns started with the Kennedy halves. Now US moderns start at the same time as world coins, which is halfway through the Benjamin halves series.
