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ibmichaud

Ive never been to a show before. If PCGS has a booth there what can you expect from them? Do the grade the coin there for you? do they offer opinons on coins? Do you just drop them off there for them to bring back to the office and grade?

Sequitur

do they offer opinons on coins?

If PCGS can't help you with a free opinion, trot over to ANACS's booth if they're around. ANACS is approachable and helpful.

ibmichaud

thanks , i got a coin i am not sure if its been cleaned. If it has it will go to ANACS for the net grade, if not PCGS gets it......

JrGMan2004

They generally only do On-Site Grading at Major Shows, and that's like a $200 service...... otherwise, they just take it back to the office, grade it, and mail it back... saves the cost of shipping to them I don't think PCGS gives free opinions on coins at shows, NGC might, ANACS definately does...

coinguy1

Occasionally David Hall gives free (absolutely non-guaranteed) verbal grading opinions at the PCGS table at shows.

It is my understanding that the current PCGS show grading fees are as follows:

$80 per coin for invoices of 5 coins or more, each with insured values not to exceed $1500. While called "show grading", this and the $100 service below can take from between a few hours to as long as a few days, depending upon how busy PCGS is.

$100 per coin for coins insured in excess of $1500 each.

$200 per coin for "2 hour turnaround time" regardless of insured value.

ibmichaud

thanks for all the answers. Definitely not worth it to get it graded at the show. I might bring it along and see if they can offer an opinon on if it has been cleaned or not. That will determine where i send it.

wayneherndon

You can also show it to some dealers and ask their opinion.

In addition to the Hall opinions and show grading mentioned above, PCGS does collect submissions to take back to the office for grading. This saves you outbound shipping.

WH