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Message:: [QUOTE="ClairHardesty, post: 1299267, member: 34169"]APMEX has had a standing offer of $425 since before the sets went on sale. None of the offers are great but some of the companies might be willing to trade for something in inventory that is priced higher than what they are willing to lay out in cash. sturmgrenadier, the TPGs are not going to put 25th anniversary sets labels on coins that might not have come from such a set, something which which also disqualifies them for FS or ER labels as well. Just because there are those of us who think the labels have little or no meaning doesn't mean that there aren't people out there that desire the special labels and are willing to pay for them. If I decide to grade any of my coins, I will probably send them to PCGS for FS labeling simply because market history says that coins so labeled will bring top dollar when sold. What I think about the labels doesn't matter at that point, what matters is what people will pay. The TPGs will do at least a cursory examination to look for tampering and may reject anything that they think might have been manipulated. They have been doing this for a while and are probably pretty good at it. ANACS and IGC don't even offer special set labeling. ANACS says that they don't want the mint packaging at all and will only the two unique coins as special. Having five sets graded at ANACS will cost $380 plus the cost of shipping to them and IGC will charge $335.[/QUOTE]