1993 AGE Set - to grade or not to grade?

ozzyfan269

My sister has given me a 1993 4 piece AGE set to sell for her. I was looking in the PCGS price guide and the PR70 DCs for this year are listed at crazy money. This set looks great to me, i examined it under magnification and see no reason why at least one of the 4 coins couldn't make a PR70 DC by today's standards.

Here is the question: Do I take the chance and send it in to PCGS to get it graded or do I just sell the raw set on eBay?

jmski52

I had saved the best of my best ASEs from 1993 & 1994. I sent 6 coins in to PCGS last December, and one of the 1993's came back PR-70 DCAM. Was my gambit worth doing? Absolutely, yes.

I did some serious pre-screening over the years, though. If your eyeballs see no imperfections whatsoever, you should get the coins looked at. Yes, it's a crapshoot. Do your pre-screeening seriously.

JrGMan2004

You might also try them at NGC. The NGC 70s still bring a hefty premium too...

sfs2002usa

I would have to agree with ...ski52.
I've used a 300X microscope to sort mint issues, and still ended up with
average grades. It may be worth having a friendly "expert" also look at them.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>I would have to agree with ...ski52.
I've used a 300X microscope to sort mint issues, and still ended up with
average grades. It may be worth having a friendly "expert" also look at them. >>



No use using a 300x scope for a number of reasons. First of all, PCGS specifications for a 70 is that there will be no imperfections under 5x mag. Second, it blows tings up so big that you'll probably miss stuff. etc

ozzyfan269

I seriously considered trying NGC on this set, but have decided to go ahead and list it on eBay. It is up there now along with an assortment of other nice Gold coins that I have decided to part with. Please feel free to take a look you are interested.

Thanks for all the advice on this!