Question about set name/pedigree on slab

lookin4Linkin · February 16, 2006 11:51AM

Is that something people pay to have on their slabs or does PCGS do it due to being on the set registry. There is a "Bukner" collection of quarters on ebay just wondering about the name on the slab.

slugfootball · February 16, 2006 12:13PM

I was told by PCGS this weekend that if you are in the top 5 in the set registry
that they will reholder your set ($5 per coin) with your name.

TAClough · February 16, 2006 12:26PM

Go to PCGS's home web page.
Click on: PCGS Set Registry
Click on: Benefits
Look at number 2. A Valuable Pedigree

If you set is 100% complete and you are within the top five, they will pedigree for free the first time and then charge as you upgrade coins. (that is the way I read it).

Tim

fcloud · February 16, 2006 8:23PM

Set must be 100% complete, and in the top 5. They have the option not to pedigree if they want to pedigree your set. They pedigree for free. You pay shipping & handling both ways. If you upgrade at a later date, you need to pay them $5 a coin and submit the upgraded coin along with the coin you are replacing. They will remove the pedigree from the original coin and pedigree the upgrade coin. Again you will pay S&H both ways.

They opted not to pedigree my dimes when I was number 5.

Steve27 · February 17, 2006 3:12AM

"They opted not to pedigree my dimes when I was number 5."

That sucks, did they say why?

LincolnsRule · February 17, 2006 4:22AM

There are some pretty lousy (relatively speaking) sets that were in the top 5 and pedigreed when the registry first began.

saintguru · February 17, 2006 7:44AM

Actually the set only needs to be 90% complete and in the top five.

fcloud · February 17, 2006 7:45AM

<< "They opted not to pedigree my dimes when I was number 5." >>

<< That sucks, did they say why? >>

They told me I had to be number 4.

I did get the set pedigreed when I listed them in the "Mercury Dimes with Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1916-1945)." I was number one for a short while, and now I am down to number three in that category.

fcloud · February 17, 2006 7:48AM

<< Actually the set only needs to be 90% complete and in the top five. >>

JB, maybe your set only needed to be 90%, but their rules state differently.

Here is right off of the website. It is 100%.

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 Set RegistrySM program your set may qualify for the free pedigree service. The free pedigree service policy is as follows:

The set must be 100% complete.
The set must be in the top 5 in the Registry.
Sets with less than 10 coins may be pedigreed if warranted. The decision will be that of PCGS experts.
The Registry member is responsible for shipping and handling costs.
The fee for pedigrees for upgrades to your set submitted after the initial pedigree is $5 a coin ($20 a coin for coins graded MS or Proof 70.) PCGS will not pedigree duplicate coins. You must submit both the upgraded coin and the coin it will be replacing. The coin that will no longer remain in your set will be reholdered without the pedigree and returned to you along with the newly pedigreed coin. Your set must remain 100% complete and in the top five to qualify.

oreville · February 17, 2006 8:40AM

I am not sure the " Dr. Kevorkian" pedigree would command a premium?

saintguru · February 17, 2006 9:01AM

Maybe because I had the whole set regraded? I dunno...

fcloud · February 18, 2006 11:44AM

JB,
Your set is just too nice not to pedigree. They make the rules, so they get to bend them!

BECOKA · February 18, 2006 12:48PM

I think they recently changed the rules. it used to be 90% and now it says 100%.

Darn it, now I have to get that last coin.

.

Now what to use as the pedagree?

fcloud · February 18, 2006 10:06PM

<< Now what to use as the pedagree? >>

For my set there is no added value, other then personal accomplishment. For the famous colletor's sets, the coins sell for more money. Some people pay more because of the previous ownership, and it shows this person or that person owned a particular coin. Eliasburg (spelling) coins alway receive more bid and more money because of pedigree.

BECOKA · February 19, 2006 2:50AM

<< 

<< Now what to use as the pedagree? >>

For my set there is no added value, other then personal accomplishment. For the famous colletor's sets, the coins sell for more money. Some people pay more because of the previous ownership, and it shows this person or that person owned a particular coin. Eliasburg (spelling) coins alway receive more bid and more money because of pedigree. >>

I realize there is no added value, I was taking that quote as since there is no value what name to use? It could be made up or be a family name etc.. My son would probably choose the powerpuff collection, Tom and Jerry Collectoin or Thomas the Train Collection.

WaterSport · February 20, 2006 2:00AM

First, let me say that any set that is pedigreed, does not have to be a "perfect 10". Rather, it’s of my belief that anyone who has taken the time to educate themselves, search for the coins needed to complete any series, and collect set of coins REGARDLESS of the grade and can still make it in a top five listing deserves some additional recognition.

Numerous coin COLLECTIONS are named/pedigreed by auction companies and dealers who end up with the exclusivity of buying and naming the collection. No specific grades required. Heck, we may never know who some of the collectors are, but I for one can sure appreciate the effort it took to compile the collection. It does not have to be on top of the PCGS registry to earn my respect.

I too agree that PCGS recently changed from a 90% completion requirement to a 100%. This and the inclusion of impossible to afford and extremely rare varieties in the series and the omission of other well documented and collected varieties skews the entire registry and definitely guarantees that only a few collections will ever get a PCGS Pedigreed. I am not convinced this change has the average collectors inertest in hand, despite the fact we out number the high-end collections many times over.

WS

BECOKA · February 20, 2006 4:20AM

<< 

I too agree that PCGS recently changed from a 90% completion requirement to a 100%. This and the inclusion of impossible to afford and extremely rare varieties in the series and the omission of other well documented and collected varieties skews the entire registry and definitely guarantees that only a few collections will ever get a PCGS Pedigreed. I am not convinced this change has the average collectors inertest in hand, despite the fact we out number the high-end collections many times over.

WS >>

I agree, Now for the rare collections it will be near impossible and any joe can complete a modern set and get the pedigree.

fcloud · February 20, 2006 4:31AM

When I my first set peditreed in February of 2004, and my Mercury dime set pedigreed in September of 2004, both the sets had to be 100% complete. I think you people are confusing the free gradings which are given at 90%. Now, they can and do bend the rules.

saintguru · February 20, 2006 6:27AM

I would bet that a truly great set that is near completion woud be able to be pedigreed.

David Hall is more flexible that many seem to think when it comes to common sense issues. Just my two cents.

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