My first PCGS submission

[Gildeon]

So just got my first PCGS submission back and pretty happy with the results. To make a long story short, I decided to submit to PCGS for two main reasons. First is their mid size slab, which you can see in three coins or medals below that are between 55 and 65 mm. The middle one is also in a thicker slab due to being high relief. I think these sizes sit very well in this slab, they would look tiny in the big NGC one.

Second reason was that I wanted to try the dual slab. I have several medal sets (silver and copper) and I believe this option gives them a unique appearance (and pretty rare I suppose). I got one back and I like the result. The coins are in swapped sides (one obverse and one reverse in each side). Not sure if this is the standard way to do it or it was a mistake. I am planning to write to PCGS and clear that. One way to see it is that one can see both sides at the same time. But on the other hand, seeing it for the first time you don't know it's the same design.

In the last picture there is another pair I sent out for dual slab. Unfortunately and since there were high relief, there is no thicker version in dual slab, so they came back separately. I still like them though.

Costwise it is definitely more expensive to submit by yourself, unless you have a serious quantity. I did that because there wasn't anyone providing the same service that @Numistacker provides for NGC. This is why I will keep sending the bulk of my coins to NGC through him. And my next PCGS submission will have more coins for sure, to make it more worthwhile. 

I would be interested to hear your opinions and any questions on all the above.