are these 2 coins worth grading?

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Xf40 half cent and an xf45 half dime that may be artificially toned. Nice coins but as far as grading I wouldn't spend the fee money on either.

 

I wish your pics were a little closer up of the coins. They look like higher grade coins. Hard to tell if the 1830 was cleaned at one time or not. Getting them slabbed really depends on what goals you want out of these coins.

 

Yeah they were just cell phone pics


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I am pretty sure the half dime is not artificial it has been in my father in laws collection for like 30 years but I guess you never know


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The half-cent looks nice while the half-dime has been previously cleaned and taken on those funky colors. I realize it was in your father-in-laws collection for 30-years, but these things happen over time.

 

Oh, yes, I would not send either in for certification.

 

I thought that half cent was in decent condition . I guess my biggest reason for wanting to slab coins is to protect them. And incase I eventually want to sell them. Don't you get more money for certified coins most of the time?


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Maybe I will use a real camera from now on and take the time for better pictures. What is the best kind of background to use when taking photos?


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send them to be graded 1,000 times, until you get the grades that you like for the coins.

 

Nah that would get expensive.


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You may receive more money for a coin if it is certified, but you may not recoup the investment required to have it certified in the first place. In other words, if you get $40 more for a coin because it is certified then that doesn't help you very much if it costs $50 to get it certified to begin with.

 

I just sent 24 coins to NGC today under the Modern Special tier. When I add grading fees, shipping both ways, & insurance. It comes out to about $25 per coin.
Then add in what cost you have in getting the coin. Now what is the coin selling for on eBay, Coin Shops, & mail order coin dealers.

 

This is true


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If you are going to pass these on to your kid/grandkids, I'd get them graded. That way they will know what they are looking at, and won't sell them at a pawn shop for $1.

 

May I ask why collectors get their coins slabbed (by that I presume we are talking about encapsulation)? I collect and sell ancients, not 'modern' coins, so the concept is a bit alien to me.
I can only imagine that coins are slabbed when the owner is looking at investment long term, ie. the grade remaining what it is and not detereorating,?
I personally could take no enjoyment from owning a coin I couldnt handle.......

 

If they aren't worth the grading costs, I would protect them yourself. Take a look at websites like Coin Wizzard for some pretty good deals on collection supplies.

 

I "slab" all coins I want to protect long-term from further damage or further deterioration from toning. I collect a lot of toned coins and most of them I wish to keep from toning further and more quickly destroying the coin than if un-encapsulated. Also a lot of modern proofs obviously smudge easily and the idea there is to keep those proof like surfaces intact and untainted.

Now I consider any plastic capsule a slab, from an air-tite to the TPG slab holders. If I'm going to go graded, I try to buy all my moderns already slabbed if possible, because most times it doesn't pay to send for slabbing general coins, for instance like a silver state quarter. I would most likely send off to a TPG for grading/slabbing anything worth over $50-75 and for sure anything over $100+.

Me, I'm putting my collection together for my enjoyment, yes, but I'm also thinking about my kids who will get it one day. One of them is already into the hobby and I hope will continue, but if not, if I have at least some of the more expensive pieces already graded for them they should have a better chance at getting a good value out of them if they choose to sell it. They know how to use Google...

I can understand the idea of slabbing to be foreign to an ancients collector, but that's why I have a whole bunch of moderns in circulated condition floating around. The ones that are high quality examples are "preserved" meanwhile I have others that I can pick up and toss around and not care. When my kids play "store", they can take the jar of junk silver dollars (and yes, morgans and peace are in there) and use them instead of monopoly money. I guess that's part of the beauty of having them minted by the millions each year...

 

I prefer to protect my high dollar proof coins from being handled. Also protect 180 year old coins from further wear and damage. Therefore protecting & possibly increasing their value.

 

Does anyone know if the TPG will bump up any coins they feel necessary while grading? I just submitted 2 coins I felt needed the walk through grading from pcgs and they both came back damaged. So I spent over $400 for slabing and shipping there. If I was to send them in under a lower class would they still do them and charge the appropriate fees if the value of the coin was higher than the class they were shipped in?


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