Grading Services

Danegeld

I'll be the first to admit most of my coins are "raw" as is the current term used to describe ungraded coins and most likely will remain so. The only ones which I own that have been graded I picked up in the past year or so since I actively started collecting again. I've inherited two generations of coins and will never sell them, just pass them along to my children. Guess I come from the old ignorant 'RED BOOK' standard used by my grandfather and dad when researching a coins value and have used this for the past three decades. No doubt I've missed the boat when it comes to the current lingo, terminology, and rarity ratings so please forgive me My questions are, if I were to submit a few for grading how would that process begin and who might offer the best service for the money.

Again please pardon my backwardness in this matter.
Ben

fivecents

To start out you might want to get several second opinions on your coins grades and values before you start to submit them for certification.

Steve27

"if I were to submit a few for grading how would that process begin and who might offer the best service for the money."

1) If your not going to sell any of them, then don't submit them.
2) If you want them graded to put in a Registry set, then it's PCGS for the PCGS Registry and PCGS or NGC for the NGC Registry.
3) If you want to submit them for grading just for the heck of it, then use one of the top three (i.e. ANACS, NGC, or PCGS). They all provide grading services directly to the consumer, but PCGS will cost the most, NGC is probably second, and ANACS is probably the most inexpensive. Grading information is located on their web sites.

Steve27

Click HERE for PCGS info (you have to "join" before you can submit).

Click HERE for NGC info.

Click HERE for ANACS info.

Danegeld

<< <i>"if I were to submit a few for grading how would that process begin and who might offer the best service for the money."

1) If your not going to sell any of them, then don't submit them. >>



Why thank you for the kind response. While I won't be selling them maybe my daughers have other ideas, LOL.

Thanks
Ben

PerryHall

Also, only slab those coins where it makes economic sense. You don't want to pay $25 to slab a coin worth only $50 for example. Most coins under $150 aren't worth the expense to get them slabbed.