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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 477927, member: 16133&quot;]Rev,</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ncscoin.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ncscoin.com" rel="nofollow">www.ncscoin.com</a>&nbsp; NCS stands for Numismatic Conservation Services.&nbsp; They offer conservation services as well as slabbing services (Sonically sealing the coin in a plastic slab) for coins that their sister company, NGC (Numismatig Guaranty Corp) will not slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>NCS slabs do not have a specific numercial grade, but a &quot;details&quot; grade.&nbsp; IE, a Coin slabbed by NGC may be, say, an XF45 but if that coin was improperly cleaned NCS will slab it as &quot;Cleaned XF Details&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Say you have a gold coin with PVC residue on it, NGC won&#039;t slab that, but NCS can safely remove said goop from the coin and then send it over to NGC who will then slab it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com" rel="nofollow">www.ngccoin.com</a> for more info on NGC</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt any copper that&#039;s been in the ground for hundreds of years will slab with NGC, but that&#039;s not at all uncommon on early coppers.&nbsp; NCS will safely conserve the coin if they can, and if they can prevent further damage and safely encapsulate the coin for you.&nbsp; I am told their conservation services are something akin to 2-3% of the estimated value of the copin (I would guess $500 here) plus some random other fees such as slabbing, you&#039;re probably looking at $30-40 with shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Money VERY well spent in this case IMO, and also, that&#039;s one heck of a find![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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