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Message:: [QUOTE="Dynoking, post: 2804355, member: 81795"]To determine if your coin is worth being graded, first determine the current value of the coin. Approximate coin values can be found on web sites such as PCGS.com, NGC.com or by researching recent auction results (actual sale prices) on sites such as stacksbowers.com, heritage.com, or eBay.  After you have determined the coins' value you should compare that to the cost of grading + 2-way shipping and insurance.  Professional grading is performed by a third party grading service (TPG). PCGS and NGC are considered "top tier". ANCS, ICG and others are considered "second tier". Each TPG have their strong and weak points. There are other grading services (too numerous to list) that I suggest you avoid. The grading, shipping and insurance fee's for each of the fore mentioned TPG's can be found on their respective web sites.  Note: Not every TPG recognize every variety. In the case of coin 3 only ANCS will recognize RPM-021.  I don't know the condition of coin 3 but using the prices shown in the variety vista link I doubt that professional grading would be worth it in this case. What I do recommend is you put the coin in a quality flip, catalog it along with the rest of your collection, continue researching your coins, continue collecting, continue reading coin talk, but most of all enjoy this wonderful hobby![/QUOTE]