How many coins have you submitted for grading this year (2019)?

I just sent my second submission of the year to NGC for grading and was wondering how many coins our other Cointalk members have submitted for grading this year. Please vote in the attached poll.

Personally, I have submitted 73 coins this year, although two of the coins are just for re-holdering. If you are actively submitting coins, please tell us how many you have submitted and which grading service you use.

Thank you,

 

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Wow 73 is alot!
I submitted just 5 for mint error attribution and 1 for re-holdering.

 

Just 5 pieces...US Gold

 

Zippo, and never will.

 

Well, there's the 8 for the collector's club, then several silver dollars that I send with bulk orders over the course of the year, and I think another few, so I put down 21-30. They all go to PCGS.

 

Same as last year...and the year before...and the three decades before that. Same number that I will submit next year.

I have, however, UNSUBMITED several this year...and the year before...and the three decades before that.

 

It's been a number of years since I've submitted anything. Was pretty active sending coins to NGC from about 2003 - 2011, but even then it was less than 25 per year. Currently I have nothing raw that's worthy of a submission.

 

+1

 

Never submitted any on my own. Too cheap.

 

Zero. I plan to keep it that way too. I have 3 graded coins: 2 were free from PCGS and 1 was given to me in a trade.

I've done enough learning/studying/research/whatever you want to call it, to be able to fairly and accurately grade coins myself. I don't need to pay someone a ridiculous amount of money to do what I can do and then toss it in a cheap piece of plastic.

Eff TPGs.

 

Me too. I don't care if a coin is 55 or 65 if I like the looks and it fits into my collection.

 

I'd like to have all my coins slabbed just for established value's sake but would never pay to do it.

 

I strongly believe my coins are all worth the extra “ridiculous” amount of money. I get decent pictures, a professional opinion on grade/authenticity and variety attribution. E.g. NGC provides valuable resources such as price guide, consensus and coin explorer and they have scratch-free edge-view holders too

 

There is no such thing as "established value". It is dependent on the market. You may pay $35 (on the low end) to slab a coin and the "established value" may be $50. That being said, you may never sell that coin for more than $35.

 

None.

I buy the coins in the holders that I want. When I was dealer, I submitted quite a few coins because it was the way to make money. Now that I am “a civilian,” the dealers try to shortchange me when I offer coins to them, so I don’t play the game. I’ll have to start taking tables again to make the buying and selling game work. The value of your inventory goes up when the dealers come to you.

 

True however now there's an 'established' reference point.

 

I have learned enough to have an opinion on grade/authenticity & variety myself. I can take decent pictures with my phone (and could do better if I chose to invest a bit more in a better set up). The price guide is free and I don't need the plastic holder to protect my coins.

 

"established" is only what people are currently paying. Better to check recent actual sales than to go off what some TPG says the coin should be worth.

 

Again true. I was just saying that now a firm grade in order to reference market price (or whatever price) that exists.