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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1294556, member: 112"]But don't you get it Owle ? With some coins, it is impossible, even for experts, to make such an assessment. The OP's coin was one of those coins. There is no way anybody could look at that coin and know that it would be a mistake to try and conserve it. That is precisely why there is always a risk when you try to conserve a coin. As to your other comments, yes I agree 100% that coins should always be carefully evaluated before you ever send them to NCS. I would even go on as to say that the majority of coins sent in to NCS, never should have been sent in the first place. But that is because the people sending them do not know how to evaluate them correctly. Most folks who send coins to NCS are expecting some kind of magic to happen. They expect a sow's ear to somehow be turned into a silk purse. But there is no magic ! There is only luck. Sometimes that sow's ear turns out looking pretty good. But other times it turns out looking like a beat up sow's ear, instead of just a sow's ear. It's kind of like sending coins in for grading. A collector sends his favorite coin to the TPG thinking most assuredly will it graded as MS65. But when he gets the coin back it comes in a Details holder.[/QUOTE]