You know, I've been wondering the same thing! I recall, you can submit a set for pedigre at 90% or better completion. The process is essentially reholdering which is $5/coin. No doubt there is some way of communicationg to PCGS on the submission form thatthe reholdering is for pedigree and what that pedigree is! Smarter people than will hopefully chime in and finish answering the question!
Craig If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
I believe that your set must be in the top five, and I also believe that the service is free.
Don
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"A valuable pedigree. In the rare coin market a pedigree is a contributing factor in the pride of ownership and value of the coin. Coins from famous collections such as Eliasberg, Norweb, Garrett, etc., usually command a premium in the marketplace. If you participate in the PCGS Online Set Registry program and your set ranks in the top five, your set may qualify for the free pedigree service. (Note: the free pedigree service does not apply to modern sets, proof sets, mint sets, and a few other issues.) To confirm that your set qualifies for the free Pedigree Service, contact customer service at setregistry@collectors.com. Then mail with your coins a PCGS submission form and a printed page from the set registry that lists your set in the top five. Please note: Pedigrees can be up to 22 characters in length. If the coin has a variety designation (i.e. Type 1, Type 2, etc.), this is included as part of the total character count. Please note on your submission form if you would like your coins sequentially numbered. PCGS no longer certifies coins with green inserts."
Well said. That's right, you only need to be in the top 5 of whatever series you collect to get your set pedigreed, and be 100% complete.. Typically if you are in the top 5, that means you're at 100% completion, anyway. Once your set achieves status for pedigree, you can send your coins to PCGS and the will re-holder the entire set for free, not including your shipping costs there and back. Once you have pedigreed your set, you may at anytime upgrade coins and then again have them pedigreed with your name preference on the holder, however there is a $5.00 re-holder fee for each coin which is re-holdered with your pedigree, after the initial, first-time free pedigree re-holdering of your set. I have about 50 coins in my set which I need to pedigree now, all coin I have either upgraded or updated. You do not have to retain a top 5 place standing in order to keep getting your coins pedigreed...once you're pedigreed, you're always pedigreed. Whether or not I will ever send them all in again to have them all pedigreed again, I really don't know...it can get costly, especailly for insurance and shipping costs!
As for the pedigree on the holders, I think it matters more to the collector with the pedigree than for others purchasing coins in pedigree holders. It's really a matter of personal preference. For me personally, I don't mind owning coins with other pedigree names on them, in fact, I own some now.
No doubt there is some way of communicationg to PCGS on the submission form thatthe reholdering is for pedigree and what that pedigree is!
I have a set in for pedigree right now. I just wrote on the forms (it took three forms for the set) that it was to be pedigreed, and wrote in "0" for the serive charges per coin. As was noted above, the submitter is responsible for the shipping charges.
Yesterday I recieved a call from the PCGS accounting department regarding the "0" fee. I told him that I had talked to Gayle (spelling?), and she had told me the predigreeing for the sdet was free. A short time later the guy from accounting called back, and said yes it was free, and they would just charge me for the shipping which I had authorized on the submission forms.
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If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
Don
edit to add:
"A valuable pedigree. In the rare coin market a pedigree is a contributing factor in the pride of ownership and value of the coin. Coins from famous collections such as Eliasberg, Norweb, Garrett, etc., usually command a premium in the marketplace. If you participate in the PCGS Online Set Registry program and your set ranks in the top five, your set may qualify for the free pedigree service. (Note: the free pedigree service does not apply to modern sets, proof sets, mint sets, and a few other issues.)
To confirm that your set qualifies for the free Pedigree Service, contact customer service at setregistry@collectors.com. Then mail with your coins a PCGS submission form and a printed page from the set registry that lists your set in the top five.
Please note: Pedigrees can be up to 22 characters in length. If the coin has a variety designation (i.e. Type 1, Type 2, etc.), this is included as part of the total character count. Please note on your submission form if you would like your coins sequentially numbered. PCGS no longer certifies coins with green inserts."
From the "benefits" tab on the registry page.
Well said. That's right, you only need to be in the top 5 of whatever series you collect to get your set pedigreed, and be 100% complete.. Typically if you are in the top 5, that means you're at 100% completion, anyway. Once your set achieves status for pedigree, you can send your coins to PCGS and the will re-holder the entire set for free, not including your shipping costs there and back. Once you have pedigreed your set, you may at anytime upgrade coins and then again have them pedigreed with your name preference on the holder, however there is a $5.00 re-holder fee for each coin which is re-holdered with your pedigree, after the initial, first-time free pedigree re-holdering of your set. I have about 50 coins in my set which I need to pedigree now, all coin I have either upgraded or updated. You do not have to retain a top 5 place standing in order to keep getting your coins pedigreed...once you're pedigreed, you're always pedigreed. Whether or not I will ever send them all in again to have them all pedigreed again, I really don't know...it can get costly, especailly for insurance and shipping costs!
As for the pedigree on the holders, I think it matters more to the collector with the pedigree than for others purchasing coins in pedigree holders. It's really a matter of personal preference. For me personally, I don't mind owning coins with other pedigree names on them, in fact, I own some now.
Tom Schiera
Gandyjai
I have a set in for pedigree right now. I just wrote on the forms (it took three forms for the set) that it was to be pedigreed, and wrote in "0" for the serive charges per coin. As was noted above, the submitter is responsible for the shipping charges.
Yesterday I recieved a call from the PCGS accounting department regarding the "0" fee. I told him that I had talked to Gayle (spelling?), and she had told me the predigreeing for the sdet was free. A short time later the guy from accounting called back, and said yes it was free, and they would just charge me for the shipping which I had authorized on the submission forms.