Fivepoundfred

Conservation is considered before the grading process. If you have asked for this service NCS will look at your coin to decide if the coin will benefit from conservation, if so they will conserve it, if not they will send it for grading.
Newly minted coins can sometimes have issues that can be improved with conservation but it depends what the issue is. Some people send all newly minted coins for conservation in the hope of increasing the chance of getting a 70 grade with the view that the conservation will remove any issues with the coin. Not all issues can be resolved for example a contact mark.
PCGS previously did not  offer conservation but they fairly recently introduced it.

One of my favourite £5 designs along with the 2015 LRM coin. Difficult to get a 70 grade with the LRM, often issues with the frosting on the crown. 

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

It appears there may be a few Gillick fans here so I thought I'd share this.
Gillick's effigy first appeared on coinage in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth states in 1953.
 
To celebrate the four effigies of the Queen that have appeared on Canadian coinage since her coronation, the RCM produced a four coin, 4x9s quarter ounce Maple series kicking off with the Gillick in 2014.

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

That's the cancellation email I received.
Translation:
''by the time we received your order for processing, the item was no longer available and is now off-sale''
''Those six attempts to pay were all your fault and nowt to do with us''
 
''We are extremely sorry for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.''
''We got offered more money for these from a secondary dealer and other big customers so we thought we'd sell yours to them instead since you're just a pleb'' 

No, it was not worth the wait because you only got the mass produced PF70, not the ultra rare PF69.

Very unfortunate for people having orders cancelled but the question is - exactly why are they cancelling orders ?

Yes photos before sending for grading is a good idea, made life much easier for me with a PCGS problem a couple of years ago

Yes photos before sending for grading is a good idea, made life much easier for me with a PCGS problem a couple of years ago

Yes photos before sending for grading is a good idea, made life much easier for me with a PCGS problem a couple of years ago

I thought about asking my account manager for another but you may be surprised to hear that he is keeping a very low profile this morning.

I thought about asking my account manager for another but you may be surprised to hear that he is keeping a very low profile this morning.

I thought about asking my account manager for another but you may be surprised to hear that he is keeping a very low profile this morning.

I thought about asking my account manager for another but you may be surprised to hear that he is keeping a very low profile this morning.

Very sad for the genuine collector who missed out during the melee this morning and there will be many. A very elderly collector friend i have just called me in despair asking about buying one secondary market and i told him to forget about it, in fact i felt that sorry for him for one moment i thought of selling him mine but then reality kicked in.

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

Five year's on and still going strong with another five pound soon to be released. Will we have another in 2026, the big 100 ? 

I have a few modern sov's but fancied something a little different. First purchase from EIC, very impressed with the coin and excellent customer service. Excuse the photo's, not my best day with the camera.

Picked up the silver version of the 225th anniversary Lady Liberty in SP(ecial)70 to go with her big sister 😊.
 
You don’t see the SP designation used too often and is for coins that are better than a MS strike, but without the polished proof fields. This has an enhanced finish. Curious to know why NGC or PCGS do not use the SP designation for Brilliant Uncirculated strikes. They are most definitely better that standard bullion strikes but not quite as good as proof strikes which would make sense in my layman brain 🧠 

I have a few modern sov's but fancied something a little different. First purchase from EIC, very impressed with the coin and excellent customer service. Excuse the photo's, not my best day with the camera.

I have a few modern sov's but fancied something a little different. First purchase from EIC, very impressed with the coin and excellent customer service. Excuse the photo's, not my best day with the camera.