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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1452386, member: 66"]Since when did NGC start charging an $8 per invoice fee? It's not on their website. PCGS does but as far as I know NGC does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also are you sure you want to do this? For one thing all of the service levels except the earlybird require a five coin minimum the fee for an error coin designation is $12 extra not $10. I can't see a rotated die coin being worth paying $42 to be identified as such. After all you can put on the holder "Rotated die" and anyone who wants to confirm that just has to turn the holder over. Is the Unc wheat cent worth paying $30 to have put in a holder? Is it worth it if it doesn't come back as MS? (would help more if we knew what the cent was.) Same question on the 79 Near date. These do command a premium, but is it worth sinking $42 (earlybird + $12 for variety) into it? If it comes back at the grade you hope for you've already added $42 to what you have in it. Is the profit still worth doing it? What if it doesn't come back as high as you hope? Are you still ok or are you now underwater in it? The Postage and insurance is going to be close to $20 each way so that is another $40 or about $13 per coin you will have sunk into each of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line you are going to be spending about $51 per coin to get them slabbed. So the question is, if they come back in the grade you hope, will they be worth at LEAST $51 more than they are right now. If not you are throwing your money away. And then what about if they DON'T come back at the grade you hope? Are you still OK or not?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes sending in 2 more coins would make it a little cheaper because you could use the $17 per coin economy level instead of the $30 per coin early bird. But you also have to pay for two more coins so five at $17 = $85 compared to three at $30 = $90. You get two more coins slabbed for $5 less. Brings your effective cost per coin including shipping to $29.40 instead of $51.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1452386, member: 66"]Since when did NGC start charging an $8 per invoice fee? It's not on their website. PCGS does but as far as I know NGC does not. Also are you sure you want to do this? For one thing all of the service levels except the earlybird require a five coin minimum the fee for an error coin designation is $12 extra not $10. I can't see a rotated die coin being worth paying $42 to be identified as such. After all you can put on the holder "Rotated die" and anyone who wants to confirm that just has to turn the holder over. Is the Unc wheat cent worth paying $30 to have put in a holder? Is it worth it if it doesn't come back as MS? (would help more if we knew what the cent was.) Same question on the 79 Near date. These do command a premium, but is it worth sinking $42 (earlybird + $12 for variety) into it? If it comes back at the grade you hope for you've already added $42 to what you have in it. Is the profit still worth doing it? What if it doesn't come back as high as you hope? Are you still ok or are you now underwater in it? The Postage and insurance is going to be close to $20 each way so that is another $40 or about $13 per coin you will have sunk into each of them. Bottom line you are going to be spending about $51 per coin to get them slabbed. So the question is, if they come back in the grade you hope, will they be worth at LEAST $51 more than they are right now. If not you are throwing your money away. And then what about if they DON'T come back at the grade you hope? Are you still OK or not? Yes sending in 2 more coins would make it a little cheaper because you could use the $17 per coin economy level instead of the $30 per coin early bird. But you also have to pay for two more coins so five at $17 = $85 compared to three at $30 = $90. You get two more coins slabbed for $5 less. Brings your effective cost per coin including shipping to $29.40 instead of $51.[/QUOTE]
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