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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2480403, member: 76863"]Look on Numisbid. A large percentage of their listings are certified (mostly PCGS). Many dealers in Sydney (at least on their websites) have a good percentage of certified coins as well. The Perth mint definitely throws off their NLCT percentages of certified, but considering the shipping costs and the difference in currency value they have a lot more certified coins then you would expect just looking at the logistics. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also believe their export laws restrict some coins or require a waiver in order to be able to send them off to be graded. If one of the TPGs ever set up an office there (unlikely given the cost of operating there) I would wager that you would see significant submission numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT TO ADD: When I was there I had heard that a lot of dealers there had embraced the concept partially because of the strong consumer protection laws they have. Whether or not this is true I do not know, but it certainly seems that they aren't fighting it given that there is no way US sellers are responsible for the amount of certified coins that have ended up there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2480403, member: 76863"]Look on Numisbid. A large percentage of their listings are certified (mostly PCGS). Many dealers in Sydney (at least on their websites) have a good percentage of certified coins as well. The Perth mint definitely throws off their NLCT percentages of certified, but considering the shipping costs and the difference in currency value they have a lot more certified coins then you would expect just looking at the logistics. I also believe their export laws restrict some coins or require a waiver in order to be able to send them off to be graded. If one of the TPGs ever set up an office there (unlikely given the cost of operating there) I would wager that you would see significant submission numbers. EDIT TO ADD: When I was there I had heard that a lot of dealers there had embraced the concept partially because of the strong consumer protection laws they have. Whether or not this is true I do not know, but it certainly seems that they aren't fighting it given that there is no way US sellers are responsible for the amount of certified coins that have ended up there.[/QUOTE]
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