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stickstick Posts: 19
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Hello all I am new to the boards and fairly new to collecting, but have been lurking for awhile..My question is I am sending some coins in to be graded and I wondered if you take them to a dealer (I don't know him) what guarantee do you have that the coin you give him is the coin that is sent in.I hate to sound like I am untrusting towards dealers but there are only 2 in my neck of the woods and I took some into one of the shops they were 4 down leaf wisconsin quarters and he told me they were worth a quarter and that there were bags and bags for sale at some Long Beach show this happened about a year ago so I asked him why people pay so much on ebay for them and he said he didn't know.He acted like I was bothering him and I was the only one in the store.So that leaves me one dealer left.Any suggestions or could you tell me the steps taken to send a coin in through a dealer and what to watch out for.

Thanks newbie

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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Join the collector's club and submit them directly.

    I wouldn't deal with that dealer, he sounds like scum.
  • AU58WALKERSAU58WALKERS Posts: 3,562 ✭
    you could get a membership to pcgs and send them in yourself.

    collectors club
    "Everyday above ground is a good day"

  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Just join PCGS and send them in yourself.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,514 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi Stick.

    I'm just going to make some popcorn.
    Welcome.

    Joe
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>they were 4 down leaf wisconsin quarters and he told me they were worth a quarter and that there were bags and bags for sale at some Long Beach show >>



    Pop quiz:

    Is this dealer?

    a) An idiot.
    b) A scumbag.
    c) All of the above.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    image.......Join the collectors club ..send them in and have smoe....image
    ......Larry........image
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Hi stick!!

    Welcome to the forum!!

    I agree that you should join PCGS
    and send them in yourself!!

    ~


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Welcome aboard, and forget about that first dealer. Your member name doesn't refer to a really cool musical instrument, does it? image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,704 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome aboard.

    Most dealers can be trusted this far but you never know. If in doubt then send them yourself.
    Tempus fugit.
  • quattrocoinsquattrocoins Posts: 1,881


    << <i>Join the collector's club and submit them directly.

    I wouldn't deal with that dealer, he sounds like scum. >>



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    FULL Heads RULE!
  • blueifalconblueifalcon Posts: 963 ✭
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  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    Collectors club is definately one way to go, but at the risk of sounding negative, myself, are you sure you should submit the coins? Getting into collecting and reading posts in this forum can be rather exciting. It may pay to learn more and earn a better eye before taking the plunge and submitting. Just a thought. Welcome aboard!
    I collect circulated U.S. silver
  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    image To the forum stick.
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  • orieorie Posts: 998 ✭
    Cool set...poor pics
  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    welcome and i would suggest joining and submitting. keep reading here and search the archives and learn how to grade and you will see your submissions improve with your knowledge. image
    my ebay items BST transactions/swaps/giveaways with: Tiny, raycyca,mrpaseo, Dollar2007,Whatafind, Boom, packers88, DBSTrader2, 19Lyds, Mar327, pontiacinf, ElmerFusterpuck.
  • TonedbuffTonedbuff Posts: 1,190
    Well, my rule of thumb is to get my local dealer involved when:

    I want to be insulted
    I want my coins to be insulted
    I want to feel stupid
    I want to be pressured to buy his crap for retail and dump mine 20% below wholesale

    When I feel the need for any of those things, I go to my local dealer!

    Otherwise, I keep him out of it.

    Perhaps you have better local dealers...image
  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭
    WELCOME Stick!!!!

    Boy, you should get quite a response on this thread. Perhaps you ought to send a copy of it to him.

    I'm sure someone taught you in life that there are good people and then there are....the rest. It sounds to me as if this guy's a bad dude who picks off anyone any opportunity he gets. A smart dealer would recognize that he could cultivate a new revenue source that could last for years. It's great that you got a clear sense of his character early on, and it didn't even cost you anything!

    There are some decent dealers around me, though I'll drive about 45 minutes to see one I have come to trust. But I'm really happy I joined PCGS--its worked out great. Between the free 8 grades and quarterly grading specials, I've been really pleased all around. Have there been some grades that are less than I expected, sure. On the other hand, I unexpectedly got a MS-70 on a gold Civil War commem earlier this year. Yes, I drink the cool-aid, but I am one happy camper overall. If you like coins in plastic tombs, I don't think you'd regret it.

    Wishing you all the best--



    HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image to the Forums, Stick! As for your local dealer who told you the Wisconsin extra leaves quarters were only worth a quarter, you should have offered him $10 apiece for every one he could find!

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • stickstick Posts: 19
    Thank you all for the help thus far, but I am still wondering if I didn't join and took a coin into a dealer would I hand him the coin and then leave it with him to send out and trust that is the coin I gave him or does he put it in a shipping box in front of me I pay him the fee and he lets me mail it and does the coin come directly to me or does it go to the dealer after it has been graded.I will be stopping by his shop this week to get a feel for him and if it is bad I will probably join.It is just easier for me now to let somebody else do it.Him being the other dealer I have to choose from.
    The coins I will be sending in are 2-1oz plats looks like one has a ding on the thick bar on the crown the other looks really good.1 3coin ase set I opened it and all coins look great will send in rp also and 5 down leaf and 1 up leaf I put them at 62-64 on down leaf and 62 up leaf and have 1 graded 65 down leaf just a little of my collection remember I just started.
    And yes I wish I would have told him to call whoever had them and I would buy them all he also told me to get a real error coin like a 3 legged buff.But that is why I am a little nervous about this.When that happened that was my first time in a coin shop so not so good.

    Thanks again

    Stick
  • KonaheadKonahead Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Collectors club is definately one way to go, but at the risk of sounding negative, myself, are you sure you should submit the coins? Getting into collecting and reading posts in this forum can be rather exciting. It may pay to learn more and earn a better eye before taking the plunge and submitting. Just a thought. Welcome aboard! >>



    image If these are mint quarters the quality may be poor and you may pay alot to grade poor coins. I would research it first. Most of us have graded a coin that once the grade came back we wondered why we did it.
    PEACE! This is the first day of the rest of your life.

    Fred, Las Vegas, NV
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    These are just polishing errors.

    image

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

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