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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jcz1, post: 800304, member: 20494&quot;]Just wanted to update everyone on this &quot;PVC Residue&quot; which I now put in quotes because it may not actually exist. Why? Read on...</p><p><br /></p><p>So I sent this and some other coins to NCS to conserve and forward to NGC for grading. Since I got this Trade Dollar from Paul Sims, I was fairly sure it has been cleaned, and I wanted a Details slab if that was indeed the case. (Trade Dollars are apparently often counterfeited so I thought a slab would make it easier to sell, even if Details.) I sent these back in mid-December, and they just arrived today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprise - no PVC! There were 4 other coins in this lot that were all stored the same way, and no PVC on any of them. I say this because NCS charged me just $5 for each coin, which is the minimum evaluation fee. There was no charge under Conservation on the invoice, for any coin. NGC did indeed slab it, which I&#039;m assuming they would not do if it had PVC residue on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This makes me wonder about PCGS, which said there was residue. I sent this to them as part of their Collectors Club fall special, so maybe they just look for excuses to avoid working on these submissions. (Interestingly, it came back in a flip, not a Genuine slab as I thought it was supposed to nowadays, but maybe that&#039;s not true for CC submissions?)</p><p><br /></p><p>And just to provide further evidence of what so many say about Sims and Coast to Coast (selling cleaned coins, sometimes not even BU at that), I thought I&#039;d list what came back, what I paid, what grade it was sold as, and by what company (all purchases early 1990s):</p><p><br /></p><p>1874-S Trade Dollar, bought from Paul Sims as XF for $150, came back AU Details - Improperly Cleaned. (Oops - I&#039;m sure they didn&#039;t mean to sell me an AU coin!)</p><p><br /></p><p>1917 Walker, bought from Coast to Coast as Gem BU for $95, came back AU 55.</p><p><br /></p><p>1917 Type 1 St. Lib Quarter, bought from Paul Sims as Gem BU for $150, came back UNC Details - Improperly Cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>1892 Barber Dime, bought from Coast to Coast as Gem BU for $129, came back UNC Details - Improperly Cleaned</p><p><br /></p><p>1822 Bust Half, bought from G&amp;F Coin Galleries as XF for $100, came back XF 45 (way to go G&amp;F!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, lesson learned, though if there had been forums like this back then, I might have learned from someone else&#039;s lesson. There are still others in my collection from those two cleaning companies - not sure if I will have them slabbed now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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