Grade this walker

yep, you are. I sent the coin to NCS to be conserved and then slabbed. If it was damaged it would be slabbed by NCS with a details grade, but if it was undamaged it would be sent to NGC for slabbing/grading. The fact that it is being returned from NGC and not NCS means that it was slabable and has been graded by NGC. This is great news for me.

I got the email letting me know that the package is on its way back after 4PM central time, so I was unable to call NGC to find out what the grade is (they closed at 5 Eastern time), and I can't look it up online because I submitted it with my free account as an ANA member, and the free ANA accounts don't allow for online viewing of a submission's status (unlike a paid account would). So I will just have to wait to find out what the grade is.

 

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I say Xf

 

I'm hoping for a 55, but I'll know tomorrow, I think. The whole Postal holiday today has been killing me!, I feel like a little kid on Christmas eve, lol Just trying to figure out what present will be in the PO box in the morning.

 

Well, Here I am for my beating! I am really displeased with the work NCS did, imo, they ruined the coin! The coin was shined by NCS and then labelled XF details (you guys hit that one on the head, well done), improperly cleaned (appearantly even NCS coins are shipped back from NGC, so my understanding was incorrect). The coin had obviously never been cleaned before (see the dark pics above), but now it is obviously cleaned for all time! Here are the follow-up pics, and let this be a warning to you all about NCS, I could have made the coin look like it does now in my garage, I just though NCS would be more talented than I. I was wrong!









The coin looks ok at the darker angle (when tilted in hand) but when light shines on it it glares as if it has been polished or something! It is very ugly! At least before NCS damaged it it had a beautiful dark original patina!

I have learned my lesson (actually a cheap one as I expect it to sell for about what I paid for it) and will clean my own coins if that is necessary in the future, at least then I will be responsible if the end result is this bad!

 

That is possible, but how can such dark natural looking toning be artificially applied? Actually, don't answer that, I might try it, and I don't really need to become an accomplished coin doctor.

I think the real problem is how disappointed I was at how it looked as a result, especially since I REALLY liked how it looked before! Oh well, live and learn. I gues that makes it a good day, but some lessons are more enjoyable than others