OK - I just won this on ebay for a whopping sum of $6.50 and $1.50 for shipping. Please look at the picture and guide me if I should have this sent out to be graded. It was labeled as a Ch. BU maybe a 63 or a 64. Please guide me in the right direction. Thanks
My opinion (and it's just my opinion) don't send it out. I don't think that Ike will grade '64. The grading costs are going to run in the neighborhood of $30 and add that to your original purchase price and shipping I don't think the cost is justified......
I agree with green18. Unless the coin is in gem quality I wouldn'n go to the expense of a graded slab. Put it in a kointain or another such plastic holder and admire it from there. I've got a couple of them myself. Bruce
Also check to see if the "talon head" designation is an recognized one for the TPG if you do decide to send it . I expect it would be a 63 more than a 64. JMO. Jim
The Talon head designation is not recognized by any TPG at this time, although the IKE Group has been working with ANACS to designate one as such. http://www.ikegroup.org/THa.htm If you are looking for a "talon head" designation, you could always send the coin into the IKE GROUP and they will certify it either raw or slabbed as a DIVA coin. DIVA stands for "Designated Ike Varieties" http://www.ikegroup.org/divaform.htm Also, your Ike might actually be the more difficult to find "double talon head". I think it is in a nice coin, but not worth the time or money to send it in....unless money is not an issue, then go for it. I have a talon head IKE slabbed by PCGS graded MS64. I do collect IKE varieties and watch for these, but I bought mine on ebay already graded. You end up saving tons of money doing it that way. Good luck and congrats.
Thanks for your comments. I was stuck in the middle between the cost of grading and the price of the coin. I will just put it with the other errors I have in the set and just keep adding to it. So now I will have the 32 coins for the set and 13 additional errors & varities. The nice thing is that I paid less than $10.00 per error or variety for the 45 coin set. I will just keep adding to it. Thanks again.
My general advice with these type of coins is that if the coin is either (a) worth more than $200, or (b) worth less than $200, but more than double in a slab rather than raw, then it will pay to get the coin graded. I don't follow the prices of talon heads well enough to judge were this coin is, but I stand by the above advice and hope you find it helpful...Mike
