Here are the results from a couple of my latest world NGC submissions. I've gotten fairly used to how NGC grades at this point. Since a lot of what I'm buying are upgrades for my custom sets where I already have BU examples, I've had to become very discerning when purchasing upgrades to ensure the examples I'm buying will hit my target grade range. For my Austro-Hungarian korona date set: Austria 1 Corona 1900 Silver KM-2804 (1892-1907) PCGS: MS65 My grade: MS65 NGC: MS65 This one was a crossover from PCGS MS65. Typically I've found that world coins in PCGS slabs are a point overgraded, but I was fairly confident this one would cross at MS65 at NGC when I purchased it, and it did. This one was an upgrade to a blast white MS64. Austria 1 Corona 1902 Silver KM-2804 (1892-1907) My grade: MS64 NGC: MS64 This one I submitted raw. 1902 is a better date that I was missing. The rest of these are (mostly) for my Hungarian type set (1848-1956): Hungary 10 Krajczár 1868KB Silver KM-443 (1868-1869) PCGS: MS66 My grade: MS65 NGC: MS65 This one was also a crossover from PCGS. It was graded MS66, but like most PCGS world coins, I felt it was a point overgraded, so I requested to cross it at MS65 or higher. NGC agreed with my grade. Hungary Forint 1887KB (this one is for my forint date set) Silver KM-469 (1882-1890) My grade: MS63 NGC: MS62 This one I had previously submitted and it graded AU58. I studied the coin carefully after it came back to see if I had missed any wear, but ultimately disagreed enough to crack it out and resubmit, and this time it graded MS62. These are the Hungarian equivalent to the Morgan dollar. They tend to be very baggy, so 61-62 is an average grade for uncirculated examples. My previous example of this date was also graded 62, but this one has superior eye appeal, so it's still an upgrade even though it didn't get the 63 I was hoping for. I'm not going to resubmit again. Here's the same coin as above, but more representational of the appearance in hand: Hungary 20 Fillér 1914KB Nickel KM-483 (1892-1914) My grade: MS66 NGC: MS65+ This one is an upgrade to an MS64. I've got an MS66 example of the equivalent 10 fillér, and I was certain this had a good shot at a 66 as well. By far the nicest example I've seen, and for a relatively scarce type to find in high grades. It just barely missed the 66, grading 65+. Hungary 10 Fillér 1920KB Iron KM-496 (1915 [dated] -1920) My grade: MS63 NGC: MS64 This type has been somewhat of a white whale for me. All the WWI iron issues are extremely challenging in general to find without corrosion (or hairlines from attempts to remove light corrosion), but the 10 fillér is by far the most difficult type to find uncirculated examples for, as the mintage was a fraction of the other denominations. I've tried 3 times to get examples of this type to grade, and all three times they got details for hairlines. This example had been kept nicely oiled and finally was the one that made the grade, even a little better than I had hoped. This is an upgrade for an UNC Details. Hungary 2 Fillér 1940BP Iron KM-518 w/ decorative rim (1940-1942) My grade: MS64+ NGC: MS64 Yet another beautiful surviving iron issue, but this time from WWII. These are still fairly challenging, but not as tough as the WWI iron issues. This is an upgrade for an MS63, and with vastly improved eye appeal to boot. Hungary 2 Forint 1950BP Pattern Copper-Nickel KM-548p (1950, 1952) My grade: MS65 NGC: MS66 This is an example of the pattern for KM-548. I have an MS67 example of the 1950 business strike, but did not previously have an example of this pattern. It graded slightly better than I had anticipated.
