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Message:: [QUOTE="Owle, post: 1294445, member: 22004"]Numismatic Conservation Service What I have learned by a number of NCS submissions is that occasionally they help you in money terms, but just as often you will come out a loser if you submit to them without thoroughly assessing the coin before you send it. PVC, fire damaged collections and coins with ugly toning can be improved and *may* be worth the money. I saw an NGC representative at a recent show, I had some gold coins that had been assessed by an expert as nice MS coins. He said that the valuable coin had a spot that could be removed and that it "might spread" if not removed, so it would probably no grade. After charging me around $250 for the two generic coins, the spot was not removed, and the grade gave the coin no real increase in value. So I would say do not submit to NCS unless the coins have serious surface problems, especially valuable coins. They were running at six weeks or so last I checked, unless you want to pay the extra $50 express fee. Do your own coin improvement with acetone for PVC, etc., before you get the coin submitted to PCGS or NGC. Maybe find a local coin club or dealer expert to help you on this. The original poster was left with a washed out looking coin and a lot more frustrated and poorer. Had nothing been done to the coin, just the 1% assessment, and done right, the OP would have had somewhere to go with the coin to sell it. Not now.[/QUOTE]