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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 8170665, member: 33176&quot;]Let&#039;s distinguish between having coins &quot;graded&quot; and having them &quot;encapsulated&quot;.&nbsp; Having a coin graded involves having a group of people examine the coin for authenticity and for the presence or absence of wear and for quality of strike, and then encapsulating it with a kind of certificate.&nbsp; This is usually done with coins of high value (usually around $200 or so before considering it) to increase their value because of the certification of authenticity.&nbsp; Whew!&nbsp; Now, with that said, if the primary reason for doing this is to preserve coins for your descendants, you would get much more bang for your buck to either put these coins in a 2x2 flip with a label in the second pocket with a hand-written description, or in some cases, encapsulated in a third-party slab with (once again) a hand-written description.&nbsp; What a lovely rememberance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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