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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26026940, member: 10461&quot;]Next stop was the NGC table.&nbsp; Three of my recently purchased coins went off there.&nbsp; Since all three were from different categories, I was required to fill out three separate submission forms (each with a separate $10 invoice fee and different tier fees).&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; So it goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first is this little <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/say-hello-to-my-new-little-crabby-friend-akragas-hemidrachm.415266/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/say-hello-to-my-new-little-crabby-friend-akragas-hemidrachm.415266/">Akragas “crab” hemidrachm</a> I won in a German auction and received in the mail just prior to the show.&nbsp; An Akragas crab was on my numismatic goals list last year, and I checked that off just in time for the end of the year (bought it in December 2024 and just received it in January 2025).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6216627_1728402090-l-jpeg.1649287/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here’s the auction description, Google-translated to English:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second submission was the AU 1797 British Cartwheel twopence that was <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/#post-26020702" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2025-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.415802/#post-26020702">my first purchase from this show</a>, on Friday.&nbsp; I was pleased to learn that while it will require an extra-thick NGC holder, it will not need one of the oversized holders.&nbsp; Those will not fit in the boxes I use inside my safe deposit drawers.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_1184-jpeg.1654309/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_1185-jpeg.1654310/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third submission was the NGC AU58 USA 1854 $3 gold piece I had just bought a few minutes earlier.&nbsp; I’m submitting it not for regrading, but rather for Photovision imaging and reholdering.&nbsp; This will cost me $30-something all told.</p><p><br /></p><p>Had [USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER] not left the show yesterday afternoon, I’d have had <i>him</i> shoot it for me, and kept it in the old holder.&nbsp; At ten bucks, that would’ve been the much better option.&nbsp; But Doug Plascencia at NGC does very good photography, so the extra expense and time involved is not <i>all</i> bad, as far as I’m concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655001[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While there at the NGC booth, I had the helpful young fella investigate the submission of mine that’s been <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-knew-this-ngc-submission-was-taking-a-long-time-but-had-no-idea-it-had-been-this-long.415784/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-knew-this-ngc-submission-was-taking-a-long-time-but-had-no-idea-it-had-been-this-long.415784/">stuck in limbo for 4-1/2 months</a>.&nbsp; The upshot of that is, that coin is ready- and has been, for a while.&nbsp; But there’s some kind of shipping hold on it for some unknown reason.&nbsp; The guy suggested I call Customer Service (which I’ve been planning to do anyway).&nbsp; So still no answer on that one, but at least he tried, and I gained a <i>little</i> information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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