POLL: Why do you submit coins for grading?

lclugza

Do you do it in the hope you will sell the coin, or do you do it with the hope of putting coins in a registry set, both, or just for the fun of it?

foodude

I send them in to help the graders send their kids to college

JrGMan2004

Though I haven't submitted any coins yet, I plan to in the near future, but I picked Other, b/c one of the guidelines I set down for my short set was Certified Coins...

MSD61

For a registry set and to maybe profit from some of the coins later in time.

roadrunner

.....because it's harder to sell a coin not encased in plastic. Dem da facts. You get more money as a rule too. Works for me.

roadrunner

LucyBop

all of the above for me!!!!

reg set, resale, conformation of my grading ability......

DHeath

I holder coins I intend to sell at some point.

FatMan

Because my coins always enjoy their 3 month vacations in Newport Beach. Keeping coins happy is essential to a collector's success

ms70

I submit coins to sell so I can make money to buy the coins I want to keep for my collection.

Dimetime

Because I don't seem to grade them as others do. This way I know exactly what I have. Counterfeit protection also.

291fifth

Several reasons:

1. Sometimes to authenticate.
2. To improve marketability.
3. Nice holders.

relayer

I make coins so the nice people on eBay can buy them cheap.

jdimmick

If for my collection, usually thier already PCGS Holdered. If not, I will send a coin that I purchased which plans to reside in my collection to PCGS becuase it is my service of choice.



Also, send on ocassion lower priced key-dates that i picked up for trading to increase the selling price/marketability.

Dog97

Other. To protect them and to make it easier to maybe sel them later. Not necessarily sell them for profit but just to make it easier to sell them.

Prometheus183

So that PCGS can confirm that I'm truly an idiot, and to insure their employees get a paycheck, becuase it's obvious that I don't need the money,... heck, I just spend it on more money.


On another note: Keets, the answer to the "movie' question, I believe is; The Spy Who Loved Me

nwcs

Other. I have done it in the past because:

1. I felt like it
2. I wanted to profit from it (resell)
3. For registry purposes
4. For validation of my grading
5. For better type holder for coin
6. Because I can

By that same token, I haven't submitted a coin for grading in over 3-4 months and don't see it happening again for at least most of this year. I have taken to raw coin collecting for now. Or buying slabbed coins. I like saving money that way.

dollardude

Registry set only for me.

Stuart

I don't submit coins for grading. I like to purchase coins that are already graded, so that someone else has already paid the grading fee.