How to use NGC lookup

I bought an ancient coin accompanied by an NGC tag (no plastic) which included a registration number. I entered that number and selected Ancients from the pulldown menu but the description of the item read WASHINGTONS 1783-1795. The description on the tag made it clear the coin would not have been slabbed but it was assigned a number and weighed (correctly according to my scales) so I have every reason to believe the coin I have is the one they saw. Is WASHINGTONS 1783-1795 what you expect to see for an ancient that was not accepted for grading? I checked the numbers on each side of this one (ending in 13 and 15) and was shown actual, slabbed coins. Am I doing something wrong here or is this the way it works normally?
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3395631-014/NGCAncients/

 

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That's odd

 

Never used it so I don't know. The one before it is Valentinian II and the one after is Macrinus, both with images. So maybe an error on their system?

 

Mr. Doug Smith—it sounds like you're doing everything correctly but here's what the page looks like when I check out certified coins at: https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/



Of course the Walking Liberty Dollar is not an ancient.

 

The verification site is not perfect.

I have about a dozen NGC certified coins. Two lack pictures on the web site. I have not seen one with an incorrect description like yours. It is likely the problem is at their end, not yours.

 

Scan the Barcode instead.. see what comes up
Can you show us a clear picture of the label?

 

Although I De-Slab my Ancients, I keep the slab description in my Saflips. Works as a great extra "attribute/provenance" and another photo on file. I like that.

 

Does anyone have a 'body bagged' ancient for which slab was refused to see what comes up from that number. I saw a local dealer's stack of refusals a couple years ago (most marked fake or unable to determine) but I don't know the numbers to look them up. I would not have been surprised if they did not retain info on the coin but having the correct weight and listing an ancient as 'Washington' caught my attention.

BTW I am very impressed NGC has a database like this so you can check to see if a coin and a slab belong together. I wish they photographed refused items and all coins before encapsulation rather than in the slabs. I would love to see what people submit that fail. The accepted for grading coins that accompanied my fake included several hardly worth a fraction of the fee and a couple decent coins. Barry has showed us the really great coins he loves to handle. Not all days will be as special.

 

Their website isn't working for me at all right now. I can go to the main page but it seems to be missing the usual graphics and info aren't there, only the left side menu and when I click those links nothing happens. Anyone else having trouble with their site right now?

Edited: In Chrome it's not working but in Safari I can reach all of the site. Doug, I got the same info as you when I entered that cert number and directed it to search the Ancients slabs.

 

Yep, I got the same information when I just ran the search.

 

Have you tried scanning the barcode with the NGC app? I don’t inow if it will bring up anything different, but might be worth a shot

 

That would be some excessive tooling if it's now identified as something from 1783-1795!