PCGS show submissions

2windy2fish

Does PCGS do show turnaround for World coins?
Anyone know the cost?
Thank you!

coinkat

I tend to doubt that they do… While I submit world At shows to PCGS, I have not attempted or asked about a show walk thru

johnjohn10

My experience was not good. Never tried again since fool me once.

Gave them three coins when they opened first day at the August ANA show in 2023. Paid $150 per coin for end of show. All kinds of excuses why they did not have them done.

They shipped them to me three weeks later. No adjustment on the price. Could have left them and paid $70 per coin plus the return shipping

2windy2fish

Thank you for your responses!
i’ll send them in and be patient…

bosox

I have done show grading on Canadian without any problems. Never tried other world coins.

lermish

@abbyme24 likely has some comments.

Boosibri

They absolutely do show grading for world, but some are remanded back for the experts in Newport Beach.

PCGS_Hy

Hello all,

World Coins can be submitted for Show Services, but we cannot always guarantee completion by end of show. Please check out our Shows page for each show for guidelines on World Coin submissions under Show Services.

If you have any questions about a specific show, please reach out to us by phone at 800-447-8848 closer to the show date for more information.

Best,

PCGS_Hy

Clio

@PCGS_Hy said:
Hello all,

World Coins can be submitted for Show Services, but we cannot always guarantee completion by end of show. Please check out our Shows page for each show for guidelines on World Coin submissions under Show Services.

If you have any questions about a specific show, please reach out to us by phone at 800-447-8848 closer to the show date for more information.

Best,

PCGS_Hy

I appreciate this guidance but more often than not PCGS themselves seem very unconfident on the amount of services available for each show. I have graded world coins numerous times at shows and some experiences are great and others totally misleading.

"Thank you for reaching out to PCGS Customer Care.

Please know we have limited grading on world coins. We will try our best to grade world coins on-site, but there is no guarantee that we will be able to have them returned to you by the end of the show. If we do not grade them by the time the show ends, we will have to have them sent back to our facility to finish the grading process, and we will then ship them back to you via mail."

This is per the E-Mail I received back from PCGS in relation to the upcoming FUN Show.

As general guidance for myself I see show grading for World coins as a benefit to ensure nothing is lost in shipping and save myself some costs. Otherwise, I would avoid trying to use their other services.

abbyme24

Oops, I meant to respond to this when Lermish pinged me but forgot.

Yes, they do grade most world coins as long as they fit in a standard holder. They do not grade hammered coins (Japanese ones at least), but "modern" milled stuff of normal sizes should be fine.

Cost depends on the speed, there's show rarity/express/regular/economy. Economy is the cheapest at $70, but requires a 5 coin minimum.

All that said, in my experience with Meiji Japanese coins at show grading, I will never do it again. I don't think they bring dedicated world graders to the show and for my series they did not seem to understand the nuances of it. All of the ones I submitted were crackouts that were downgraded from 62/63 to 55s or 58s. I cracked them out again and sent them back to home office where they got their original grades back or an upgrade.