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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 437201, member: 9270&quot;]I&#039;ve had trouble with NCS too.</p><p>When I had my collection appraised, the appraiser mentioned that one of my gold coins had PVC residue on it.</p><p>That won&#039;t bother the gold (I don&#039;t think), but will certainly work on the copper that is part of the alloy.</p><p>I also decided to not tell NCS why I was submitting the coin to them.</p><p>If they are as good as they&#039;re supposed to be, they&#039;ll spot the problem.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Eventually I got the coin back in its original slab.</p><p>Obviously nothing had been done.</p><p>The comment associated with the box checked (generic response) was:</p><p>&quot;<i>A probability exists that toning removal will diminish the overall attractiveness of the coin, and/or it&#039;s</i> [sic] <i>desireability and grade.</i>&quot;</p><p>In other words for some reason they did not spot the problem.</p><p>And they&#039;re the experts!!!???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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