Hi, I'm new the forum and was wondering if anybody could give me their 2 cents (ha, bad joke... :rollling: ) and tell me if any of these coins are worth sending off to be graded. I've done a little bit of research on the Barber Dimes and the Indian head pennies, but I'm not an expert and don't really want to waste the money if they aren't worth it. I can post higher res images if needed. Thank you very much!
I would say no. It's not worth the money to slab them. If you had some expensive ones, maybe. If you had key coins in a lot better condition, yes. Sorry.
No need to worry about sending coins off for grading until you know a lot more about them. One piece of newbie advice is don't buy any raw coins that cost over what your willing to loose at the Friday night poker game. If they cost more than that buy only certified coins and count the extra cost as part of the tuition of the hobby.
They all appear to be quite nice, but none would be worth the investment in grading fees and shipping.
You should only buy raw coins to have slabbed if both of the following criteria are met. 1. You can buy it cheaper in raw than slabbed. It costs about $30 to have a coin graded. 2. You can be confident that it will slab problem free. Until then, don't mess with it. I've been studying cleaned and uncleaned coins for almost 4 years, and even then I still have trouble. Although I have not put a large amount of time in learning. However, you need to take the time to educate yourself on it. Until then, buy only slabbed.
Any form of cleaning will normally make the coin worth face or at best bullion value of the silver in those that are silver. Cleaning is frowned upon by any but the guys who find them metal detecting in the earth.
I agree with the educate yourself but not with the "only buy slabbed", that's just absurd advice. Continue to buy coins raw to learn and educate yourself. If it's a costly coin and you're not confident, seek out more information and educate before taking the plunge. But don't let people tell you to only buy slabbed coins, that's just nonsense.
Also, I don't slab my coins and I don't even seek out slabbed coins but here's the only reasons I think coins should be slabbed: 1. Not sure if it's authentic or not 2. You want to possibly sell it at a premium at a later time 3. The value of the coin exceeds at minimum twice the amount it costs to get it slabbed. Say you have a coin worth $35 in it's current grade. If you spent $30 to get it graded and it came out exactly the grade you expected, getting the coin slabbed at $30 isn't going to make the coin worth $65 now, it's still worth around the $35 mark. Some collectors will pay a premium for slabbed coins with a 3rd party opinion slapped on it and then there's collectors like me that won't pay one cent higher because it's in a fancy slab with such opinion slapped on it.
Rodeo is right-e-o! Adding a ridiculous coffee can exhaust system and a body kit on a 1992 Honda Civic isn't going to double the worth of the car. But you'll get some looks, whether it be pleasant or not so.
Personally I am not much of a fan of slabbed coins and if I were I would say it isn't worth it for these one. Very nice coins, just not worth the time and money to grad in my opinion. I like those Barbers a lot being a silver coin collector myself.
We numismatists can be a fickle bunch, all looking for the nicest, cleanest, shiniest coins possible, but if any of these conditions were achieved artificially, boy do we get upset! You have a nice lot of coins, none worth grading, but nice! Don't clean'em, it'll only hurt their value.
