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

There seems to be much angst on this forum towards the TPGs and for the life of me I will never understand it. Ten years ago, I was a collector who had never sold a coin and only submitted moderns to the TPGs, and I thought I was a good grader. In 2011, I started selling my collection and started submitting coins to NGC as a flipper. The amount of knowledge that I have gleaned from both selling and submitting is invaluable and has made me a much better grader and provided me a much better understanding of the marketplace. How people can bash the TPG submitting experience out of hand without having ever tried it is beyond me.

 

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Well said.

 

There is much wisdom in this post.

 

I feel very similarly about CAC. I've learned a lot from my submissions to them and seeing pieces that are and are not stickered. There is a theme there.

 

I haven’t bought much this year that was slab-worthy (mostly ancients), though I am building a PCGS submission right now with medievals/US.

I generally try to sell raw before submitting, and most do sell, so I usually don’t need to submit.

Previously, I would submit them through @C-B-D

 

For MS coins with any value, this is an absolute truth. For circulated coins, I tend get much closer to retail value, and I generally sell for $25-50 less than their certified counterparts, which makes people feel better about the purchase. Dealers try to bully me down on raw coins, though, citing TPG inconsistency as their excuse to lowball.

Sometimes, however, I can’t even get 50% of retail, so I send it in. I usually get what I expect or higher. There were only two which I vehemently disagreed with, and one was resubmitted and got the grade I wanted (and doubled the “value”). There were 4 other disappointments, but those I later agreed with and learned from.

 

I made my first submission this year. Some of the coins got exactly what I expected, while others disappointed me. However, it was a good experience overall. I think it has helped me hone my own grading skills better.

 

I think I'm in the 11-20 bunch. This year, all my submissions have been to ANACS, because they're all for my personal collection. And, in the case of the Dan Carr pieces, they're the ideal choice.

When it comes to my personal collection, I submit to them because I think their grades are accurate, they run frequent specials for like $7-10/coin, and they frequent a couple regional coin shows near me. Their customer support is good, and Cindy is always good for a chat if she's not busy taking someone's order. Their holder protects my coins better than an Air-tite, so, all in all, I consider it a decent way to go for my personal coins.

For coins I intended to resell, I'd either go raw (ancients, cheap world and US coins), or submit to either PCGS or NGC. One exception might be if I ran across a contemporary counterfeit I wanted to sell, and that would, obviously, go to ICG, as would Gallery Mint replicas (because ANACS won't holder them).

Another WOW for this coin! I'm having a hard time seeing why it's a 62 as well. I can only find 4 marks on the reverse of any significance, and nothing much else that should hold it back. On the plus side, it has that nice toning and all that cool clashing. Like @geekpryde said, this looks like a no-brainer 63 at least.

Do you think it's fairly graded? And, more importantly, will you ping me when you go to sell it?

This is my MO as well. I do pretty well freeing coins from AT holders that got a bum rap. My grades are generally within a point, but I did get burned on a Classic Head half cent I expected to come back from ANACS as a 63, but got AU 55 details. It has nice surfaces, except for a patch of hairlines in the obverse fields, which I'm sure is what they dinged it for. I may try that one again.

That's quite a cherry pick! Is there a particular series you look at mostly, or do you just have some top CPG varieties memorized?

 

I am waiting to get 5 coins back from the London coin company which are graded by PCGS
Five toned Jeffy nickels with full steps ......maybe have to wait and see

 

Oh, I wanna see those, they are right up my alley.

 

I just got the grade today from NGC on a 1918 Walking Liberty Half. I first sent it to PCGS raw. PCGS called it UNC detail, environmental damage. I cracked it, dipped it, and sent it to NGC. Now it's an MS62. They sell for about $750-$900 in that grade on eBay. Goes to show you.... you gotta know when to give up and when to try again. (As well as how to properly conserve coins).

 

I will post pictures up of coins soon as I get them, assuming they are worth posting of course

 

@Paul M.
The Cherry Pick flips were across multiple series. My primary focus was the registry sets with low pops. I figure I've done the 3 at a time with similar results a few dozen times.

 

I am somewhere in the 35-40 camp. Some of these coins I sent in to sell, but the majority were keepers. I primarily collect proof Irish and English copper patterns and mostly submit for the added protection of the slab.

I had a proof pattern 1799 halfpenny that ended up with a scratch on the obverse during my ownership. It made me sick to think that a piece so carefully curated before me was damaged in my hands. From there onward, I vowed to spend the money to help preserve them. It would be shame for a coin with only a handful of counterparts to get damaged because of clumsiness. I think as collectors we have a serious obligation to protect our treasures for future generations.