Why do (should) Classic Coin Collectors pay MORE to have their coins graded?
braddick
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You collect Peace dollars. Maybe it's Buffalo nickels or even seated quarters.
Your buddy collects Ike dollars or clad Washington quarters.
Why do you, the Classical Collector have to pay 50% more, at minimum, to have your coins graded?
Or, in other words, you both submit a grouping of a dozen coins.
HE gets a 50% discount over you over his series of coins.
Why?
Isn't five seconds, five seconds? Does it matter if that five seconds is spent looking over a 1921 Morgan or a 1976-D type2 Ike?
Why can the Ike guy get three of his coins graded at the same cost as your TWO coins?
Your buddy collects Ike dollars or clad Washington quarters.
Why do you, the Classical Collector have to pay 50% more, at minimum, to have your coins graded?
Or, in other words, you both submit a grouping of a dozen coins.
HE gets a 50% discount over you over his series of coins.
Why?
Isn't five seconds, five seconds? Does it matter if that five seconds is spent looking over a 1921 Morgan or a 1976-D type2 Ike?
Why can the Ike guy get three of his coins graded at the same cost as your TWO coins?
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Cameron Kiefer
Coins now are all very well struck- the grade comes from first glance at luster and marks. For classic coins, a grader must be able to identify a coin that could be a weak strike year or have some extra wear (26-S buff comes to mind). I think graders have to be a little more knowledgeable in a series or what to look for exactly in a modern vs. classic coin.
Jeremy
Same gas (same grading). Same service- both cars DON'T get their windshields cleaned by an attendant!.
Different pricing structure?
peacockcoins
Obscurum per obscurius
peacockcoins
Just send in the 1964 Kennedy under the Modern Service. I do that and have no problems. I never understood why that one coin would cost more. PCGS must agree since they seem to let it slide.
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
But the authenticity question would be relevant to cost. If determining authenticity isn't much of an issue (i.e. moderns), they can process them faster. They still back the coins with their guarantee, but if the chance of a fake state quarter is essentially zero there's little point in doing anything but putting a grade on it.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
on the other hand, why pay any $ at all to get a bust half certified? it's probably the most subjective series out there, outside colonials.
K S