PCGS submissions, Grading Opinions

[trout]

Well done mate, PCGS getting slack with the quality of images. Dodgy

My next submission won't have any PCGS images, I opted out of doing that and saved myself $325 by doing so :good:

When I get them back I will take my own images and post them up on the 25mm Dollar coin thread, They will be a lot better than the scans I have posted up there :angel:

[ausjack]

ok ok goin off track a little sorry but WTF, I asked a while ago about the cheapest and easiest way to get coin graded and as usual I got 500 different answers and typical couldn't work out who to believe because some say you can do something then others say you can't so ya's wonder why people get annoyed and say stuff it and give it all away..so if I take all the cheapest options and no pic's SHOULD end up the cheapest way and allow me to get coins done cheapish and that's why I asked about sending "bulk" but apparently that means all of the same coin but I meant so I can send large amounts of different coins..man why is every thing like pullin teeth and so bloody hard these days as I can't afford or justify the money it would cost to do what I'd like to do if I can't make any money so I'd just be doin it for nothing basically, oh woe is me

[serial]

ausjack you need to decide for yourself why you are getting a coin graded. I usually have 2 motives when I choose what coins to get graded.
1. to add value to a coin eg if I think a coin is high end ms or hard to sell because of all the fakes out there I get it graded to make the coin more liquid should I ever need the money. having said that I am yet to sell a graded coin. they just are so much easy to look after whilst still being able to handle " my preciousssss".
2. because I want to get it graded for personal enjoyment. eg to add to a set registry or just because I want to see how it compares to other coins out there. this is actually a less common motivator as generally the cost of grading does not improve by the value of the coin enough to make it a good financial decision but I do it anyway. I know of some people who do this more than me coughtroutcough. but there is nothing wrong with it so long as you accept you are spending the grading fee on a glorified 2x2  

also if you are considering sending a bulk lot of coins eg lots of different coins, don't just consider the cost of doing so, but also consider how you would feel should you lose that package of coins. this is one of the reasons I will not send 100 coins at a time as i could not stand to lose that many coin at once. it is so hard to obtain coins worth grading and the work I put into finding them would be for naught if they got lost, it would break my heart even if I got compensated by Australia post for the insured value.

[trout]

I know of some people who do this more than me coughtroutcough. but there is nothing wrong with it so long as you accept you are spending the grading fee on a glorified 2x2

Maybe so But I will have a "Kick Arse" registry set that will take some beating once all my 25mm Silver proofs are Graded :dance::dance2::dance: :yahoo:

[ausjack]

Yeah I hear ya serial and thanks mate but I'm trying, but it's so hard to find a way of DSP as I can't labour any more and I'm not a tech head and at the pain clinics they tell you to get into your hobbies full time and make money but all my hobbies just cost me money so far but I have some nice coins so it's all good
:laugh2: you crack me up trout :good:

[ausproofs]

ausjack you need to decide for yourself why you are getting a coin graded. I usually have 2 motives when I choose what coins to get graded.
1. to add value to a coin eg if I think a coin is high end ms or hard to sell because of all the fakes out there I get it graded to make the coin more liquid should I ever need the money. having said that I am yet to sell a graded coin. they just are so much easy to look after whilst still being able to handle " my preciousssss".
2. because I want to get it graded for personal enjoyment. eg to add to a set registry or just because I want to see how it compares to other coins out there. this is actually a less common motivator as generally the cost of grading does not improve by the value of the coin enough to make it a good financial decision but I do it anyway. I know of some people who do this more than me coughtroutcough. but there is nothing wrong with it so long as you accept you are spending the grading fee on a glorified 2x2  

also if you are considering sending a bulk lot of coins eg lots of different coins, don't just consider the cost of doing so, but also consider how you would feel should you lose that package of coins. this is one of the reasons I will not send 100 coins at a time as i could not stand to lose that many coin at once. it is so hard to obtain coins worth grading and the work I put into finding them would be for naught if they got lost, it would break my heart even if I got compensated by Australia post for the insured value.

Hey AJ,

If you are really considering sending 100's of coins, I would highly recommend submitting your coins via Eric, Walter or Sterling Currency (Andrew) etc... I have done PCGS submissions before myself, it is not worth the hassle. specially when you are doing a bulk lot.

[ausjack]

Thanks mate, I'd have to get them sussed but yeah I have 66 and 06 proof set and 13 wedding sets so there's nearly 100 there and a few other things that probably wouldn't grade that well but still be worth doing as they're rare but would like a second opinion so yes if I can make sydney anda I will be annoying the b'jesus out of Eric but it's ok, he knows I'm a pain :winkextra:

[stevo1962]

Thanks mate, I'd have to get them sussed but yeah I have 66 and 06 proof set and 13 wedding sets so there's nearly 100 there and a few other things that probably wouldn't grade that well but still be worth doing as they're rare but would like a second opinion so yes if I can make sydney anda I will be annoying the b'jesus out of Eric but it's ok, he knows I'm a pain :winkextra:

Don't worry AJ  as I've annoyed the crap out of Eric for the last year and he's been quite nice about it

[ausproofs]

Thanks mate, I'd have to get them sussed but yeah I have 66 and 06 proof set and 13 wedding sets so there's nearly 100 there and a few other things that probably wouldn't grade that well but still be worth doing as they're rare but would like a second opinion so yes if I can make sydney anda I will be annoying the b'jesus out of Eric but it's ok, he knows I'm a pain :winkextra:

No worries mate, happy to give my 2 cents worth...

I have done some submissions via Eric, he lives close to me so I use him... bigger the submission better it is. Good luck !

[keldaw]

careful A J  , just remember with 100 coins as bulk , you will be

  looking at about $ 30.00 per coin I think some where around that

  price , so that is around $ 3000.00 from go to wo ,

 so please , just be careful and think about it hard and long before  

  you do anything like that ..

                                              ,, kel ,,
A J ,  none of my business , I know that but I would hate to see you

    get burnt , remember I am your friend ..  and just trying to help ..  


                                      ,, kel ,,

[stevo1962]

This one will be going to PCGS so I would hope that it makes at
least MS64+

[robbiegal]

easy as
If not a tad better - fingers crossed for you

[serial]

Nice picture to capture that colour!

[stevo1962]

Another new arrived destined for the slab

[ausjack]

SWEET coin Stevo, ms ummm 64 or over hard to tell coppers yet sorry and is that a die crack between rex and F, beautiful :drooling: Worth a pretty dollar once slabbed.