Does it Make Economic Sense to grade ASE Set?

ONETHREE

If you plan to sell some of the silver sets you ordered: will it make sense to pay for the grading?

Say the sets sell as is for 200.00

You use Us Modern service at fourteen dollars per coin. That is $ 42.00. Add another $30.00 for first strike designation.


You have $100.00 on an "as is" sale. Will a graded set command more than $242.00 or $272.00 with first stike? (assuming none grade 70) Are you not more likely to lose money on the sale?

I guess my dilemma is that I have to submit the five sets I ordered unopend to get first strike designation. (the holder is much more pleasing regardless of its merit) I can't submit just one for grading and see how it sells. I suppose you could forego the first strike and get around it. I guess I should have put in five orders instead of one, but the mint's website was melting at 12:05 P.M. on August 30.

Am I missing something?

fountainheadgold

no way keep them in their original packaging

michael

are you collecting or spectulating

anoldgoat

I am sending some in for grading but do not care about the First Strike designation. I don't think it means anything in reallity and I can save $150.

I do wonder though, if I send in 5 sets and I get at least one each 70, will they include all three in a one set holder?

Mike