Japanese Trade Dollar - Will it grade?

keoj

I tried this on the coin forum and didn't get much response. I'll try here. I am the proud owner of a coin that is sooooooooooo close to getting a grade I can taste it. I sent the coin to NCS a couple of months ago and they did a great job of getting rid of a rubber band mark that existed across the face of the coin. So the coin is now in a NCS holder as AU details......BUT, I can't see whats wrong with the coin. It has not been cleaned and looks great. It does not have a "I've been conserved" look at all. Please take a look (enlarge the pic) and give me opinions on whether its worth a try at PCGS. Thanks for the help. BTW, theres some interesting factoids in the listing, these coins are rare.

keoj

Japanese Trade Dollar

Placid

Looks ok in the picture. Did you pay for ngc to grade it after it went to ncs?
The one coin I have in a ncs holder has the problem listed on the label.

keoj

Placid:

Thanks for the response. The coin says "Stained", but as you can see in the picture, the staining is extremely minor. I'm thinking that I should send it in again.

keoj

SYRACUSIAN

Don't even try it, the (slight) scratch will get detected and bodybagged.

Very nice and rare coin nevertheless.

What exactly did NCS with the toning?

keoj

SYRACUSIAN;

I have no idea what hey did but they did a good job. My guess is a very, very slow bath of something very weak. It was a very ugly brown toned coin with a harsh black sulfer burn that ran across the coin. The strike is excelent and the coin was never cleaned. In addition, 77's JT$ never come up so I bought it. But again, there is no scratch on the coin and is not detectable. The coin has the most minor (undetectable) stain left.

keoj

Placid

If you are sending other coins to pcgs might as well try it in my opinion.
Worse that will happen is you will be out the grading fee.

SYRACUSIAN

That's not true. He can't send in an NCS slab for cross-grading, it'll be immediately bodybagged!

And then it will be once again a raw coin.

Placid

No duh. I thought that part was obvious.

keoj

I think that Placid is correct. I'll crack out and submit. Thanks for the help!

keoj

291fifth

The NCS grading/comment are accurate. Its time to cut your losses and not throw more money away on regrading attempts that will probably be unsuccessful.