I know this has been asked, but I've never submitted a coin to NGC before. What is the best way to send and insure them. Also how long does it take them for most coins? I want to do it as cheap as possible. I have some ms-63 peace dollars I'm thinking about having slabbed.
Tater You have to either be an ANA member, join NGC on it's own, or have an Ebay seller account. Go for the economy tier and send you coins registered mail. You will pay a flat fee for the return shipping, and sending them registered is not cheap either, so it is popular to tag along with other submitters ( find some here on CT ) , that way you can amertize the costs per coin down pretty good. It will take 3 weeks to a month to get the coins back under that level. Call them, they are very helpful and will step you thru it.
Call them during Florida biz hours , they helped me out the first time on the phone and made it easy.
The short answer is "much, much faster than PCGS" But seriously, folks... it depends on which tier of service. My experience is they outperform their promise. I've gotten fast turnaround.
I recently sent a coin to be graded as soon as it arrived from the mint. I had a dealer send it in for me. I studied the coin very well before it was sent off. It returned slabbed with a rather poor grade. After looking closely at the reverse, the coin does'nt look like the same coin that i received from the mint. Is it possible the grading service mixed it up? Maybe the dealer pulled a switch on me? I now wish i would have requested a no slab on anything under a 69 grade. I think i'll be keeping my coins ungraded after this episode.
that sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. He might of switched it, or the grader dropped it on the ground a few times because his hands were slipery from all the pizza grease.
I recently submitted some to NGC through a local dealer. It took about 3-4 weeks from the day I dropped them off untill they came back. Usually a dealer has some coins they are submitting for themselves, so yours can "ride" in the same box as theirs - saving on shipping costs.
Yep, that's exactly what I do. My local guy submits all the time so I just give them to him, tell him NGC or PCGS and he just sends mine for the ride. It's a GREAT deal because he only pays $25/coin and that's what he charges me (I'm a good customer). :kewl:
