NCS Conservation of South Korean Pieces
Here's another video of me unboxing a World Coin submission to NGC.
This time, these pieces have had NCS Conservation...
South Korean 1998 500-Won coin: Only 8,000 pieces minted. The lowest mintage coin made as a business strike for South Korea.
South Korean 1975 Bank of Korea Medal: The very first silver proof piece ever made in South Korea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dXfdacaj_g
Comments
Kepi
Level 6
Beautiful! and some nice grades too!
Mark Lovmo
Level 3
Yeah, not disappointed at all. I guessed the 500-Won would get a 67, as do most of the ones in NGC holders that I have seen. I only worried about the silver medal having too much surface haze to come out anything better that 66 (which would have been kind of a crap proof-grade), so the conservation was a good idea.
Longstrider
Level 6
Pretty coins. How about the reverse photos. Tell us a bit about them. Ant photos before Conservation? Thanks!
Mark Lovmo
Level 3
Both coins had an overall whitish "haze" to them. The 500-Won coin had some brown spotting and brown "smudges" on its reverse, too. It's all gone now! See the video to look at the reverses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dXfdacaj_g You can see the original reverse of the 500-Won coin here: http://www.dokdo-research.com/fivehundredwoncoindata.html
Mike B
Level 7
Never Sen coinage from Korea before it's beautiful if you have more write about them tells us the history it looks interesting. Mike.
Mark Lovmo
Level 3
Yes! I have written extensively about these coins, Pat. http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreancoins.html
CoinLady
Level 6
Nice, ultra cameo too!