Oh man, I made another AH cameo!

DHeath

Geez,

I finally got my results back from #340958 (PCGS actually was pretty quick, it just seemed forever!), and I got my project half holdered. This coin was an NCS submission that was badly milk spotted. Truly, it approches Dcam, but I was curious if the conservation was good enough to pass muster. The PR66 1955 Jeff I thought would cam at least, but the two dimes are beautifully lavendar toned cameos. All will be added to my collection as keepers, but overall, I'm delighted with PCGS's opinion.

1 40009359 1964 50C Accented Hair PR66CA
2 40009360 1955 5C PR66
3 40009361 1963 10C PR66CA
4 40009362 1963 10C PR66CA

IrishMike

Congrats Don, did I read the post correctly? Did you send the half to NCS?

Russ

Don,

I think that coin should have done better, but a 66CAM in one of these is still a nice result.

BTW, check your PM in a second or two.

Russ, NCNE

DHeath

Yes Mike, before submission I asked NCS to help with the milk spots. I asked them to return the coin to me raw. After receiving it back from them, I let it sit open-air for a few weeks to make sure it was stable, and submitted it. The results weren't perfect, but they were dramatic. After buying the coin raw for about $65 and paying both services, I probably wouldn't gain much if anything if I sold it, but it really is almost a dcam half (one little disturbance on the edge of the shield), and I wanted to rescue it and add it to my little hoard. It was too nice a coin to see it languish in such a state.

DHeath

Russ,

Thanks for the PM, and thanks for remembering the coin. I appreciate the comments, and your help!

RGL

Nice, AH, Don. I'm pleased we both received good news on JFKs back to back ... and, take it from me, it can be a bear to drag a CAM out of PCGS on a '50s Jeff ...

IrishMike

Glad to hear they were able to help you on that coin. I bought a 39-S in a 66 slab that I am going to crack out and send to NCS, it has a milk spot on the obverse and the reverse needs a bath. I paid 63 money for it. I am not doing it for money, but just out of curiosty to see what happens. Oh btw way it is in a ICG slab.

Russ

Mike,

You don't have to crack it out yourself unless you want to. They accept them in the slab and will crack it out themselves if their evaluation deems the service would be useful.

Just make sure, and this is for anyone who uses them, to write in big letters "please return raw" somewhere on the submission form. Otherwise, you may end up getting your coin back in an NGC slab. If I hadn't called to check on the first one I submitted, that would have happened even though I didn't ask them to. It was already on the way to NGC.

Russ, NCNE