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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26669344, member: 10461&quot;]Well, here&#039;s the update on two of the NGC submissions.&nbsp; The ones I paid for &quot;Fast Track&quot; service on.&nbsp; (My two Ancients will of course take a lot longer.)&nbsp; That Fast Track $15 add-on fee was definitely worth it.&nbsp; These coins (my 1564 Saxony thaler and Randy&#039;s 1803 half dollar) are coming back after only about three <i>weeks</i>, instead of 3-6 <i>months</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>First, let&#039;s look at Randy&#039;s 1803 half dollar.</b>&nbsp; Below are the NGC photos of it.&nbsp; I asked Doug Plascencia, their photographer, if these pics were taken before or after the conservation I&#039;d paid for.&nbsp; Apparently it turns out NGC did <i>not</i> conserve the coin, for whatever reason.&nbsp; I hope we didn&#039;t get billed for that conservation that didn&#039;t happen!&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to check the invoice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the photos turned out quite well.&nbsp; It is a decent coin with nice details, despite an old cleaning (and Randy got it for a song, well before the show).&nbsp; I predicted XF details, or VF+ details, minimum.&nbsp; I did have my doubts that it would get a straight grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Y&#039;know, looking at these photos, I think it might actually be a good thing that NGC did <i>not</i> conserve it to a lighter shade.&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of dark in hand, and the secondary toning is mottled, but as you can see here, it&#039;s got some subtle colors to it and it&#039;s really not terrible looking as-is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1701570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701571[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701572[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] - I know you&#039;re dying to see your results, so <b><a href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8723075-001/NGCDetails/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8723075-001/NGCDetails/" rel="nofollow">here they are</a></b>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>*PS- The Photovision images do not appear to be on the cert page yet.&nbsp; Just the crummy looking slab shots so far.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet they&#039;ll update that later.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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