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lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
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I took some nickles and pennies to a Dealer, Just dow the street from work. To ask about making some submisions for grading.
Allthough he would have been happy to send some in for me. He thought it would just be a waste of money at this point.
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I thought I had some good ones, But not good enough after allimage


Oh well cheer up theres allways 2050 Should be better by then if I keep them in good shapeimage
(Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?

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  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    How much did he want to send them in for you? I have found that doing it myself, and getting the results even if they are disappointing, is a valuable learning experience, and one I would have missed out on if I had taken advice like you got. Who knows if he is right about the grades and/or the wisdom of submitting?
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    Is it worth wild to spend $14.00 to grade a penny if it comes back worth .50 because it's certified.
    If I had brought anything with me, with a good chance of being worth $14.00 after. I would have sent it and 4 others. (5 coin mim)
    But I didn't, we looked things up, I only brought nickles and pennies.
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    Yes, I believe it is worthwhile because of what is gained in experience. Again, I am curious as to what amount he wanted per submission.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    He mentioned $14.00
    He also mentioned shipping and handling.
    And a 5 coin minimum. Now if he ment $14 per coin or for the 5 coins I'm not possitiveimage

    I didn't really go into price where he said it would be a waste. His suggestion was to spend the money completing the sets.

    But he would have helped me with any submitions I wanted to do reguardless.
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>He mentioned $14.00
    He also mentioned shipping and handling.
    And a 5 coin minimum. No if he ment $14 per coin or for the 5 coins I'm not possitiveimage >>



    Its gotta be $14 per coin.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    And the price makes me wonder which company. Whatever, if I was going to consider submitting more than once, I would sign up with one or more of the companies, some charge to sign up for submitting, some (ANACS) do not. You may have some disappointments, but you might also learn more about the process and more quickly, IMO.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    He uses both mgc and pcgs. We would have sent them to mgc as he said the turnover time would probably be faster.

    Although I can see your point about gaining experiance, I still don't think it would have been worth it as this point.

    If You want to spend some money on something thats not worth it I'll sell you this
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    That's one advantage of submitting through an authorized dealer, he can screen your coins for you. While it's a drag to find our your coins aren't worth submitting, it's even more of a drag to pay the $14 plus shipping and find out the coins are not worth what you paid to have graded.

    By the way, his price of $14 per coin is cheaper than if you submit directly to PCGS or NGC. NGC's current fee for classic economy is $16 per coin.
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    If thats a recent increase, maybe this dealer hasn't made any submisions lately. And wasn't aware of it yet.
    So it would have cost me even more. image
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    Are you sure your dealer can actually grade and has any idea of the certified Lincoln market? I will take a look at them if you would like to give you a second opinion.

    Cheers,

    Brian
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    Are you anywere near Nh? I could only scan the coins to post picsimage The scans don't come out as nice as the pics ALOT of you take.image
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    Just an example of some I was cocidering for submission are Special mint set cents (Not cameo) but nice. And a few nickles from the 60s I was going to send because I believe they have full steps. But they are proof coins. "fullstepsjeffs" said make sure they are not proofs in a thread yesterday
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?

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