Solutions around wasted grading, attribution or imaging fees?
logger7
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You send in raw coins for grading, also ask for attribution and imaging and they come back in problem holders. It must be a little upsetting. How to avoid this--find a sharp dealer who grades accurately before you submit?
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Yes, and find a mentor who will help you evaluate your coins, and attend grading seminars (e.g., ANA Summer Seminar). A critical problem, one that many beginning collectors face, is inadequate access to coins---raw, graded by various TPGs, beaned and not beaned. This a a key contributor to poor grading skills.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
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grade first, then another trip for the extras vs all-in-one.
the cheaper of the 2 choices.
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Smoe people have been known to screen their coins by sending them to anacs when they have specials.
Some people would call your "waste of money" tuition. You are asking the proverbial question. The answer is "education, education, education" Either work with a trusted dealer (greatly undervalued asset) or get yourself "edumacated."
Yes to this. If you don't you will be at the mercy of others and you don't want to be in that position in life with anything you do.
Hoard the keys.
Details grading happens to all of us including straight grades on coins that looked like they could go the other way. You have to find someone who is doing a lot of submissions first on raw coins before sending them it.