NCS, if you don't know is Numismatic Conversation Service. A sister of NGC. What I want to know is: 1. What different things does NCS do? 2. When should you submit a coin to NCS? 3. Does NGC do any kind of preservation to the coin before slabbing it? Thanks.
Maybe these will help your questions. http://www.ncscoin.com/conservation/index.asp http://www.ncscoin.com/conservation/services_and_fees.asp
The answer to your question is it depends. 1 - does the coin need it ? 2 - do you want it done ? 3 - does NGC think it would help the coin ? Now you might think 1 and 3 are the same thing but they aren't, they are quite different things. And I have posted many times over the years, both NGC and PCGS have been known to dip coins (clean coins) even without asking the owner's permission. Now most people scoff at that comment, absolutely refuse to believe it. For that matter they absolutely refuse to believe that NGC and PCGS will dip coins if you request that they do so. But they do, and they have for many years, and they have publicly admitted it. That is documented. Something from long ago - PCGS and NGC Dipping Coins The Professional Coin Grading Service and the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation have confirmed that they have been dipping coins upon request. The coins are not marked on the slab as cleaned. References: Numismatic News, 8 Aug 1995, p. 1; Coin World, 18 Sep 1995, p. 1, 7.
ncs - conservation - primary cleans and doctors coins from corrosion and extreme damage.. fire, and such ngc- certifies and grades error, and everything else and validates ligitmacy
I would suggest that a rare and/or valuable coin that has impairments be sent to NCS first. Their only job is to conserve coins. Doing otherwise would be akin to taking your car with a major transmission problem to a local garage that does general repairs vs. taking it to a transmission specialist. You might get the problem fixed at the first shop but the second one knows all the ins and outs of transmissions and will get it fixed right the first time.
Not really. Many coins with issues should never even be sent to NCS because they will not be able to solve the problem. They can only do so much. Choosing which coins to send and which coins not to send is the true hard part. True, depending on who is doing the talking at the time, and who they are talking to. Kinda funny how that works
