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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1350395, member: 13650&quot;]Yeah, you can get stuff graded at one of the big shows.&nbsp; The reputable grading companies only go to the larger, national shows (that I&#039;m aware of) and it isn&#039;t automatic that they will be doing on site grading.&nbsp;&nbsp; I crossed over a coin at a show this summer and had it re-graded.&nbsp; That was with NGC.&nbsp;&nbsp; I dropped it off in the afternoon and it was done late morning the next day.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s about as fast of a turn around as there is and saves a lot on shipping.&nbsp; It cost $60 to do that one coin, so there&#039;s definitely a value limit to what you would want to submit.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As for using 1000 2x2s, I&#039;d recommend you save your time because for one thing they aren&#039;t that good for coins, besides as temporary holders.&nbsp; &nbsp; And honestly, it probably isn&#039;t worth it.&nbsp; I keep a lot of stuff in rolls in tubes.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMO, it&#039;s just not worth it to fool around documenting (in high detail) or storing separately, coins in the $1 to $20 range.&nbsp; These become just too numerous to mess with individually for most of us. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s complicated enough documenting the valuable stuff.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve got rolls of Buffalo nickels I keep in square tubes.&nbsp; Worst case scenario, they&#039;re probably worth $1 to $2 a piece for F-XF commons.&nbsp; Some more, some less.&nbsp;&nbsp; So bottom value, I&#039;d put a roll at about $40 to be conservative.&nbsp; You still have a general idea of value if you need it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I even have these documented on my spreadsheets.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve got a box of old wheats, and IHC too.&nbsp; It&#039;s a small pile.&nbsp; Some early decent stuff.&nbsp; Might be worth $80 to $100 in total.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any of this documented. I have mint sets that aren&#039;t documented either. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; In other words, I&#039;d combine smaller stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stick with mid range and higher value stuff or you might become overwhelmed and get burnt out.&nbsp; It&#039;s a daunting task starting from scratch.&nbsp; I fear starting over to the point where I&#039;ve got my spreadsheet stored on three different sources.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve only been seriously collecting for 4 years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Good luck with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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