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My 1838 Half Dime is being shipped to NCS tomorrow. I'm hoping they will be able to conserve it, get rid of those spots and it will end up in a problem-free holder. Paul Bulgerin
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It looks like the coin has been received by NCS. I would guess that this means they are going to work on conserving it?
My shipment arrived at NGC ten days ago.
The other coins I submitted are all in the "Quality Control" stage of grading.
Paul Bulgerin
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It moved on to "Quality Control" today.
Paul Bulgerin
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It got an AU Details grade from NGC. I don't know if they tried to clean it or not.
Paul Bulgerin
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Oops. I guess I was wrong.
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I just received my invoice and it doesn't look like NCS attempted to work on the coin, they just slabbed it as an "AU Details" coin.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
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They must have seen something that told them the spots were not able to be removed safely.
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I got the coin back today. It turns out NCS did work on the coin and removed most of the black spots, but they still gave it an "Improperly Cleaned" grade.
I hope my acetone soak didn't cause that!
I'll post photos later.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
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Acetone shouldn't cause it to look cleaned, but depends on how you dried it. If you rubbed with a cloth it might have left hair lines.
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Pillar of the Community
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No cloth and I let it air dry. Perhaps someone else had previously tried to work on it. Here are the photos so you can see what NCS did to remove the spots. I thought there was a good chance it would get a "Details" grade, but thought it might has a shot at "Uncirculated Details".    Paul Bulgerin
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I just noticed there's a rim Cud that stars below star 13 and continues under the date. -MV |
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Perhaps inquire as to when they think it was improperly cleaned or what did they see to give it that call?
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It sure looks a lot nicer. I don't know why it got details without looking at it in hand. I don't see any signs of cleaning.
I don't see this one being UNC, particularly because there is evident wear in the fields denoted by the luster breaks.
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The luster breaks in the fields weren't noticeable before I sent the coin in. I'd guess that in removing the spots they became more visible.
Paul Bulgerin
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