"There was no need to send coins from the encrypted PoW wallet to a new, unencrypted PoW wallet."
This was meant to be done before the POS switch, this would've been preparation for the -salvagewallet method. After the switch all actions in your original POW wallet is meaningless, you could send your POW coins to a new POW wallet after the switch but they actually stays in the original POW wallet. The transaction between the wallets is only visual. Glad to hear this worked for you too

Yup, it all makes sense in retrospect 😊. Now if I could only get my coins off of Cryptsy and Bittrex (both of their NOBL wallets are in maintenance)!
Edit: Bittrex wallet is back to normal.