Acg accugrade Susan b dollar, what should I do?

Ppp

In a trade I received a 1981s type 2 pr68 deep cam Susan b. Anthony dollar graded by acg accugrade. I never owed a coin slabbed by acg and I never heard anything positive about acg.

Now I am trying figure out what to do with this coin.
Should I sell it in the acg slab? If so how much?
Should I crack it open and sell it raw?
I don’t think it will make sense to send in to pcgs for grading.
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Ideas?

Batman23

It's probably better off in the holder than raw. Price wise there is not enough difference between PR66 and PR 68 to make it worth grading. If it was to grade PR69DCAM then maybe, but I doubt that will happen. As for how to price the coin, price it like it's raw and you should be fine.

numisma

It is worth more in the ACG slab, imho. They are getting scarce and have some interest to those who collect slabs. Talked with the author of the slab book at a recent coin show and we discussed the older ACG slabs. I would guess that well over 90% of the small ACG slabs have been liberated over the years.

U1chicago

I'd echo the sentiment of selling as-is. People collect ACG holders. You should be able to get at least the same as raw and likely more (so no point in cracking out to sell raw).

Namvet69

ACG - ASA-Accugrade: "The founding of ACCUGRADE goes back to 1984 when Alan Hager, noted silver dollar expert, invented slab certification for coins. ACCUGRADE paved the way for the industry of coin grading. Today, over 7 million coins have been certified, generating over $140 million in fees to the coin grading services since Mr. Hager's invention in 1985. PCGS has paid Mr. Hager $100,000 for his expertise, patents, and inventions".

in business since:1984

holder size: small

website: http://www.asa-accugrade.com

FYI, Peace Roy

MWallace

I'd leave as is.

davewesen

can you get a close-up of the mintmark?

if it is a type 2, should be worth near $100 as is

braddick

Nice throwback to another time.
Leave it as is.

Ppp

Thank you for the comments. I will leave it as is.

FYI: the website http://www.asa-accugrade.com doesn’t work.

To me the coin is correct ad a type 2, see picture.

messydesk

I'd want to smash it as a matter of principle, but others will pay up for the slab. At least it's not a valuable coin being held hostage by it.

ricko

I recommend selling in the slab. There is some interest in those slabs and it is a nice coin. Cheers, RickO

hchcoin

If there is one thing that I have learned in the coin hobby, the unusual, the odd, and the scarce tend to be desirable to someone. The hobby seems to attract eclectic people. I would leave it in the slab and sell it to someone who will love it that way.

Cougar1978

For this situation I just keep as is. CF for this piece is $95, CPG $130. Its too low for me MV wise send in unless needed fill extra slot on slab bus (say 10 coin submission). I buy many deals where get all kinds TPG material plus raw collector coins.

I just put the cost and MV codes on back of holder. The Lower the cost have in it more negotiating (discount) room I have. Hopefully you did well in the trade.

Very Nice coin.

messydesk

I'm actually not convinced it's a Type 2 mint mark, either. Take a look at MMS-002 (79-S Type 2, 81-S Type 1) and MMS-003 (81-S Type 2) on this page. They're hard to tell apart, but the curvature of the lower loop is noticeably different between the two. It is tighter on MMS-002.

Batman23

@messydesk said:
I'm actually not convinced it's a Type 2 mint mark, either. Take a look at MMS-002 (79-S Type 2, 81-S Type 1) and MMS-003 (81-S Type 2) on this page. They're hard to tell apart, but the curvature of the lower loop is noticeably different between the two. It is tighter on MMS-002.

The middle bar is more horizontal on the MMS-003 and I think that is what I am seeing on the OP coin.