Good afternoon! Can anyone recommend a relatively cheap way to get a coin graded?
At PCGS, you must be a member in which I am not. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
Joe
Coin grading
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Re: Coin grading
I am not being mean or rude, just blunt and honest from 2 decades of experience. There's no cheap method of having coins graded, and if you have to ask this question, then your inexperience in grading coins and submitting them is going to cost you more money until you gain more experience in this hobby.
ANACS is the cheapest but coins are worth less in their holders.
ANACS is the cheapest but coins are worth less in their holders.
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Re: Coin grading
DO some homework, as has been suggested, as to WHY you want to get it graded.
If its just b/c you want a slabbed coin, then fine. But as Daniel has said, you likely will lose money getting a coin slabbed. A Major factor making that statement true comes from the mass market misconception of what these companies are and do. Only people with learned experience can use these companies to their advantage, and even then it IS a gamble.
If its just b/c you want a slabbed coin, then fine. But as Daniel has said, you likely will lose money getting a coin slabbed. A Major factor making that statement true comes from the mass market misconception of what these companies are and do. Only people with learned experience can use these companies to their advantage, and even then it IS a gamble.
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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