Would you pay to have a coin graded.....

ilikebuffaloes

if the price of the grading is the same or exceeds the value of the coin?

Would your answer be different if you were building a complete set?

DennisH

I've done it several times. Such is the downside to "For Everyman" Registry sets.

WaterSport

I have done it only for a set coin.
WS

PerryHall

<< <i>if the price of the grading is the same or exceeds the value of the coin?

Would your answer be different if you were building a complete set? >>



No, No.

OKbustchaser

No, but then I wouldn't pay to have one of my coins graded even if the value far exceeded the cost of grading. I have, however, UNGRADED many coins.

Edit to add: This concerns my collection only. Many other people obviously do want their coins in slabs.

mbbiker

Only thing I ever paid for to get graded was a trade dollar to make sure it wasn't counterfeit

Only thing I can see paying for in the future would be non age gold for the same reason stated above

Hotfootspin

I do that for some coins that have sentimental value, for example, if they are in birth years
of my ancestors.

But I mostly do that with world coins from my ancestors' countries of origin, since those
coins in those years would be less common in slabs.

Mark

LindeDad

I think I sent in about fifty coins when I built the 1968 to present Mint set.
Have since then sold almost all of them at about grading fees or a little less.
It was a fun set Still at #3.

skier07

I would gladly pay to have a coin graded only if I were to sell it and thought I would net more money with a slabbed coin.

Elcontador

Given what I believe to be inconsistencies in grading I have seen over the years, I submit as little as possible. I try to buy coins in holders I like so the issue doesn't come up often.

RRich2004

<< <i>if the price of the grading is the same or exceeds the value of the coin?

Would your answer be different if you were building a complete set? >>



The actual question should be, do you think it's worth the cost for the opinion of a TPG service?

My answer is no.

golfer72

no but i do enjoy buying other peoples mistakes!

rld14

For my sets? Yes, of course. I'm working on a complete set of VF-XF Barbers, so a lot of the dimes, and to be fair, some of the quarters aren't "worth" slabbing but I'm doing the whole set... yada yada.

And then there's the lowball Walker set.......

morgandollar1878

Only if it was a very special coin because of sentimental value.

cone10

<< <i>no but i do enjoy buying other peoples mistakes! >>

Barndog

is a Poor 01 capped bust half dime worth less than eighteen dollars? If so, my answer is yes.

keyman64

I have done it a couple of times where I got lucky purchasing a relatively rare variety for the complete variety set of Mercury Dimes for really cheap. If it were not for the complete variety set my answer would be...


No, no, no!

GrumpyEd

Maybe yes if I wanted a graded set.

Sometimes you can buy one already graded for less than the grading fee.

ilikebuffaloes

Thanks for all of your responses and opinions!

I agree that it doesn't make sense to do that unless I'm building a set. I do plan to look for some of the common date coins at shows to see if I can find them already in the slab and possibly trade an unslabbed coin for it.

silverpop

nope