NGC First release label

[Chonemenos]

What do you guys think about the salience of the NGC first release label, if your coin qualifies should you opt for it? 

[Chonemenos]

I had a big lot of coins that I was going to submit to NGC in London last week, but due to the Royal Mint QC shenanigans I had to send six coins back (PS, I had seven coins delivered by DHL thus far, three of them had the capsule open upon delivery, everything else that did not open were screw capusles). So I couldn't do the submission.

The delimma is all the coin I sent back, when their replacement are back very soon(knock on wood) they will still be in the First Release label window by NGC. However, one coin that I orginial wanted to sent last week with the others has a first release cut off date of next tuesday. Should I pay for the 13 quid forum fee just for this one coin to get the first release label? What do you guys think, thanks!

[CaptCaveMan]

Personally, First Release labels don't do it for me.

I'm sure others with more experience will chime in but I'm not sure if they command much of a premium over standard labels graded the same.

[TeaTime]

In my opinion 'first release', 'early release' & 'first day of issue' are meaningless gimmicks. If they do command a premium over and above the actual grade designation then i have lost a little more faith in the world. 😕

[Chonemenos]

10 hours ago, TeaTime said:

In my opinion 'first release', 'early release' & 'first day of issue' are meaningless gimmicks. If they do command a premium over and above the actual grade designation then i have lost a little more faith in the world. 😕

Does anyone know if they do, I would think they really don't.... Given the fact most recent releases are sold out in minutes... it just solely depends on your luck with the RM dispatch team in terms of if you could have the first release label...

[motorbikez]

@Jeremyzed just a gimmick pal, adds zero value IMHO, the only thing I'd say is if you had  9 coins of say a QB set which were all 1st releases you would probably prefer to get the 10th coin as 1st release as well, so you would probably pay a couple of quid extra for that.

[Chonemenos]

1 minute ago, motorbikez said:

@Jeremyzed just a gimmick pal, adds zero value IMHO, the only thing I'd say is if you had  9 coins of say a QB set which were all 1st releases you would probably prefer to get the 10th coin as 1st release as well, so you would probably pay a couple of quid extra for that.

Yea, another reason why I want either all first release or none is I want the same label on all my coins to statisfy my OCD lol.

[shaunscoins]

The gimmick of it does nothing for me. When I’ve been looking at picking up the odd graded coin from eBay, etc. I actively search around for the standard label if I can find it to keep everything consistent.