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Boosibri
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If I have a crossover submission now in the “encapsulation” stage that has to be a good sign, right??
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Boosibri
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Boosibri
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Boosibri
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Sort of.
My last submission went to encapsulation for a day or two, then finally to QA, then back to encapsulation.
Next day, it went backwards again to grading, and then flew through with grades posting that evening.
I have a current submission that's following that same pattern. Been to QA once, and back to grading as of this morning.
BTW, By good sign I mean that the coins crossed, not that they are nearly completed.
Latin American Collection
Maybe, the encapsulation stage also includes grade finalization. I have had an order moved back to grading from encapsulation.
Good question. Make sure to let us know what happens.
I had started a post about "encapsulation" earlier this week that dropped like a rock. Glad yours has gotten a little traction.
I have a submission that went to "Encapsulation" status last week Tuesday or Wednesday, the window indicating that "Images Ready" showed up on Thursday, yesterday on Wednesday it moved to Quality Check. I am surprised that it would spend a week in the "Encapsulation" stage.
For those who may not know, the new stages that show in the tracking process are:
Had the same thought with a crossover 2 weeks ago. In the end for me 1 out of 2 coins crossed so I think at a minimum you know at least one crossed but you don't know more than that at this point.
Perhaps it is being encapsulated in "DNC" tape? Yikes!
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Encapsulation: Grade finalization and encapsulation
It does include grade finalization in the step. Could mean they are verifying DNC, and it's just part of the process.
Color me stupid as I don't know how things work...
It seems to me that if a coin is being encapsulated, it had to be broken out of the original capsule right?
I only know of several cases where the original TPGS slab (Service A) was cracked as a crossover at TPGS (B) but upon review the opinion changed at TPGS (B) and the original TPGS (A) was asked as a favor to reholder the coin as received.
I am at step 5 of my crossover sub. No info to glean from the snip below. 2 of the 4 are no brainer crosses. One is high probability, and the fourth is a good score if it crosses. Seemed to step thru the process one step at a time with no backtracking.
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Means nada. I had a killer 1850 Swiss NGC MS67 1/2 franc that was in "encapsulation" phase. Came back three days later as DNC.
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And there it is. Thanks for a concrete example
Latin American Collection
Doesn't mean that it won't cross though!! Fingers crossed for you. They are pretty easy after all on 1964 Kennedy's in M65. grin
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Did you see it when it was in "crackout" phase? I caught my last submission at that point but it was brief.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
I don't believe that there is a "crackout" phase based on the steps currently noted. What am I missing?
Latin American Collection
Maybe depending on the type of submission the phases are different. I suppose "crackout" might come later in the sequence if it's a crossover? I have an order in the "pending" phase right now. If i catch it I'll screenshot it.
Edit: I just went and looked at the status bar of my recently completed order and if you hover the cursor over the individual segments it will show you the various phases. Here's what I got:
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
WOW
Latin American Collection
Is your status bar different with your crossover submission?
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
WOW! I'll have to say that is a great system they have in place at PCGS so you can follow your coin. How does it work? Someone MUST need to "input" information before the coin is passed to the next stage! That must slow down the process a lot.
Suggestion to PCGS for the future: Imagine a little sticker you could attach to a flip or slab. Sensors in the ceilings could track them all over the building. Then, a customer (or PCGS staff) could monitor the location and progress of the coins independently by knowing the sticker ID.
Note to everyone. I'll bet that each time YOU bother the TPGS customer service with an inquiry about the status of YOUR submission, YOU slow down EVERYONE'S submission - including yours!
Yes, mine which is a World Express crossover has fewer bars...grading moves to encapsulation to QC
Latin American Collection
Well went from grading to encapsulation to quality control and now back to grading.
They can’t reencapsulate and NGC holder so I guess that’s a good thing?
Latin American Collection