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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 01-08-2009, 07:35 PM   #1 (permalink) stoster38 Member   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 66 To grade or not to grade. That is the question Now that the 50 state quarters program is completed ( I don't consider DC and the possessions states) I wanted to ask for an opinion on the First Day Coin Covers for these states. I was thinking about submitting them to NGC for grading and "encapsulating". I know the coins would not currently be worth the price of the grading but still wanted to ask if most people here thought it would be still worth it to have all 50 FDCC graded? I would not submit them all at once. I couldn't afford that I appreciate the opinions. Thanks!!!   01-08-2009, 07:59 PM   #2 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,534 My Mood: Not sure which set you have, but I would be willing to bet that most of the quarters you could pick up in PF-69 for less than it would cost you to send yours in. I haven't looked at MS coins but I would guess, the same is probably true for them at the likely levels you have. __________________ The monkeys stand for honesty, Giraffes are insincere, And the elephants are kindly but They're dumb. Orangutans are skeptical Of changes in their cages, And the zoo keeper is very fond of rum.   01-08-2009, 08:07 PM   #3 (permalink) borgovan Supporter**   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,356 I agree. You can purchase already-slabbed coins for less than submission prices. Dealers will send in hundreds or thousands of coins, hoping to get just a few at real high grades. They then dump the rest for peanuts. I don't think any of the grading services give a special attribution for the first day covers, and I don't think those coins are any different.   01-08-2009, 09:37 PM   #4 (permalink) Nickeldude Senior Member     Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 179 My Mood: Yeh it would be cheaper to buy the ones that are already slabed. You just have to be patient and you can get them for cheap prices on ebay. Nickeldude   01-08-2009, 10:51 PM   #5 (permalink) stoster38 Member   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 66 I took a look at Ebay and the few first day covers that were NGC certified cost as much or more than the submission prices. Even most of the non-certified first day coin covers had starting bids close to or more than the cost of submission. What I'm looking to get in case some may not be familiar is something like the following (see attached pic). Attached Thumbnails     Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Bu rolls | SBA - 1979 from Circulations » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Coin Grading/Authentication Services Reid Goldsborough Coin Chat 57 06-01-2009 03:14 PM Grading a weak strike. davidh US Coins Forum 60 07-31-2008 05:42 PM 1864 Two Cent Piece: Grade and Value please! ryanbrooks US Coins Forum 19 06-26-2008 11:22 PM morgan grade question Howdydoo US Coins Forum 10 07-19-2006 08:05 AM World Coin NGC No Grade silvereagle82 World & Ancient Coins 3 05-23-2006 11:20 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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