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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ranchhand, post: 167048, member: 2622&quot;]OK, got an update.</p><p>i just received a batch of coins from NCS (Numismatic Conservation Services)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pros</b></p><p>can &quot;flight check&quot; your coins before sending them to NGC (no body bags)</p><p>do a good job at fixing coins with issues</p><p>holder is in some ways nicer than the NGC slab, the gasket is semi-transparent (please see negs for more info)</p><p>good customer service</p><p>relatively fast (they had my coins back to me 3 weeks ahead of schedule)</p><p>they won;t conserve a coin if they feel it will not be needed (you still pay the eval fee)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CONS</b></p><p>EXPENSIVE! god what was I thinking!</p><p>Holder has very bad optics, it has a rainbow &quot;sheen&quot; to it and seems more cloudy than other slabs plastics</p><p><br /></p><p>just a warning guys, don;t send a big order off to NCS unless you are prepped for a big bill. I sent a feuchtwanger cent off to them and ended up paying $48 for the conservation, it came back &quot;improperly cleaned&quot; in their slab. To be fair this thing was really crudded up, and their was no way for me to tell if it was cleaned or not before i sent it in. they did a REALLY good job fixing it up, its to bad they revealed old cleaning. I have attached an image of it (i had it imaged by them) I am not to sore about it, this is one of my &quot;fun&quot; pieces because it has such an interesting story and history behind it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if you have coins that are in bad shape, and are worth $$$ i recommend sending them in, just be prepped for a bill at the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my tests was to see if sending &quot;questionable&quot; coins to them to avoid getting body bagged, but still get in a holder. This part of my experiment is a big failure. If you have questionable coins you want slabbed send them to ANACS, MUCH CHEAPER!!!!! you end up with the same results, for a ton less money.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do have coins that you feel may be cleaned, but are not sure i highly recommend sending them to ANACS. ANACS can be very tough on cleaned coins. If they come back from ANACS without problems they will probably have no problems going to NGC or PCGS for crossover.You will end up spending less money this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen examples of coins that NCS has worked on that really improved them, like old proofs (1800&#039;s) that had black spotting that they turned into 66&#039;s. those coins are worth the expense.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have any coins worth less than $200 forget about it, its not worth the money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish i had pictures of the feuchtwanger, it was mostly black with some buildup on it, not pretty at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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