Is the quarterly freebie really a good deal?

RYK

I have been a PCGS Collectors Club member for 2 years. On only one occasion have I submitted a coin for the quarterly grading freebie: an NGC crossover which, naturally, did not cross. I have been tempted on other occasions (like now) but have passed. When you consider the cost of shipping (both ways), it is far from free and not worth it unless you are sending the coin with a larger submission. Hey, maybe that's the point--to get you to make a larger submission. Even with another submission, the quarterly freebie gets graded and mailed separately, costing you $15. I must be doing something wrong.

How often do you utilize the PCGS Collectors Club quarterly free submission?

longtimecollector

I've used it twice.. both times for coins valued over $3000....... I would have had to pay $50 for each submission + shipping......... So I saved $100 Both times were early dollars (2 year type ((1795 flowing hair - came back F15)) and same year, same denomination, different type ((1795 draped bust, small eagle, off center - came back VF25))

edited to add that I submitted the second one at the St. Louis show and saved 1/2 the shipping on that one !

coinbuf

I use it if I have something I really want slabbed or if I allready have some to go in. This will only be the third time I've used it.

Chris

MICHAELDIXON

I use it occasionally and find it to beneficial for me. This time I sent in a toned 1916 Merc. It wasn't a high dollar coin, but I had it not doing anything, so off it went. It was slabbed MS64FB.

morgannut2

I've never used due to mailing/insurance cost. Might try an ANACS crackout for gem this time tho.

itsnotjustme

I may use it for an error coin in an NGC holder.

WACoinGuy

I've used it a few times, usually on cheaper coins. Since I don't have a large number of coins that I'm dying to submit, being able to send just one in at a time is great for me. And it's much easier to justify the $12.50 S&H cost to do it. Economy submissions require a 5 coin minimum and take so long, that the freebies end up being a better deal for me.

I've also been lucky in that the past few quarterly freebies have covered coins that I've really wanted to get graded (1908 quarter eagle (obsolete denomination), 1917 quarter (2 year type), and now 1878-CC Morgan). In fact, there's only one other raw coin I have that I'd really like to see graded -- let's hope next quarter's freebie covers an 1875-CC twenty cent piece somehow!

Robgetty

I don't think that it is that great a deal for sending it in by itself, but I have
done it 3 times where I piggy-backed it with another order, so it worked out
better.