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This is my first post, but I've read many threads here. Some of the pictures and scans of your coins are amazing.

The PCGS services depend of the coin value and the value depends on the grade, but you are sending the coin to PCGS to be graded, so do you just take your best guess at the grade when submitting?


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    Fresh Meat ™

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    best guess as to value will do.

    coins under 300 bucks are x amount

    most folks round here say if ya guess wrong and get a happy gram they wont ding ya !
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    that's the general idea - you guess at the grade and they either agree or don't
    Cecil
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    'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
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    carlcarl Posts: 2,054
    Glad to have you throw in your 2cents. Welcome to the fun.
    And if you think everyone here is a good coin grader, you are new. That is why there is a PCGS.
    Carl
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    Viande Fraîche !
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 30,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome aboard.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
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    Welcome!

    In the old days before PCGS the seller and the buyer would have to agree on the grade and price. Now we get a 3'rd party opinion by paying PCGS for their opinion. Naturally people who are good at grading understand what to expect from PCGS so are more successful when sending coins in for certification.
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    nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Hello pthompso. We're happy to have you here. Lots of valuable info is posted on this forum. Just duck when you come across a thread that is nothing but pettiness/BS.image
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
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    GTOsterGTOster Posts: 872 ✭✭✭
    The good old day whe people used to agree on the grade
    image To The Show That Never Ends
    Paul
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    image Pull up a chair and learn a little while.
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