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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2993402, member: 10461&quot;]It was a complete, unmitigated <i>disaster</i>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]739083[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Three bodybags.&nbsp; </i>Zero for three!</p><p><br /></p><p>A complete washout!&nbsp; Ugh. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently NGC, which has a reputation for grading more World Coins than PCGS (and is therefore at least <i>perceived</i> to be more experienced with non-US material), considered <i>all three </i>of my coins ineligible types. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Worst submission results I&#039;ve ever gotten.&nbsp; On three coins I happen to like very much.</p><p><br /></p><p>This means the Seljuk coin is essentialy unslabbable by PCGS <i>and</i> NGC, despite being a handsome example of a very popular type.&nbsp; And the two gold pieces are raw again, unslabbable by NGC for inexplicable reasons, and if I want them to be TPG-certified,&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to pay for yet <i>another</i> submission (to PCGS again, or ANACS).&nbsp; And they&#039;re not likely to straight-grade anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet all three coins are nice examples of their types, with better eye appeal for the grade than any other examples I have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m in a dilemma.</p><p><br /></p><p>My &quot;Eclectic Box&quot; is a collection of certified coins.&nbsp; There aren&#039;t a lot of self-imposed restrictions on it, but the &quot;<i>coins must eventually be certified by PCGS or NGC</i>&quot; rule still stands.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what should I do with these three now?</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Sell them and use the proceeds to buy something else; maybe one <i>really</i> nice coin?</li> <li>Try them at ANACS?</li> <li>Send the gold back to PCGS, which would be their <i>third</i> submission to a TPG, and likely to bring only&nbsp; &quot;details&quot; grades, which would require me to make an exception to my &quot;straight grades only&quot; preference?</li> <li>Find plastic slab-style holders I can snap them into, put &#039;em into the box like that, and make an exception to my &quot;slabs only&quot; rule so I can keep them?</li> </ul><p>I&#039;m not sure what I&#039;ll do.&nbsp; Keeping these three is going to require me to rethink my self-imposed standards in one way or another.&nbsp; The only other option is to sell them, probably at a loss, since I&#039;ve already got too much tied up in the Gelderland piece as it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tricky, because I like all three coins.&nbsp; (If I didn&#039;t, there would be no dilemma here- I would just get rid of them.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This slabby game has both benefits and drawbacks.&nbsp; It can certainly be a headache sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for listening.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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