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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 16618, member: 824&quot;]I have been hearing differant arguments when submitting coins for certification and grading, so I would appreciate yours...</p><p><br /></p><p>I travel throughout the Southeast and when I have some time, I like to drop in on some of the local coin shops to see what they have in stock.&nbsp; You know of woman that can&#039;t walk through a show store without buying a pair, well I am like that to some degree when it comes to looking at coins.&nbsp; At least my coins are still with me...can&#039;t say the same for my ex-wife&#039;s shoe collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up over the last year about 15 to 20 slabs from what I would call &quot;second-tier&quot; slabbing companies other than PCGS, NGC, ICG or ANACS.&nbsp; The coins look great because I bought the coin and not the slab...but I know that if I got nearly the same grade of the particular coin in a PCGS or NGC holder, then they would be worth way more than the &quot;second&quot; tiered slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know about submitting coins for a &quot;cross-over&quot; versus submitting them raw.&nbsp; I often wondered if the graders at say, PCGS which would receive a coin slabbed by company &quot;X&quot;, would say to themselves...&quot;Here&#039;s a coin slabbed by those jokers at X company...you might as well already deduct 2 grades from their grade before we even look at it.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Or should I break them out and send them in raw?&nbsp; That way, there are no preconceived notions on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that companies like PCGS wouldn&#039;t break out a coin if you designate a minimum grade on the form, but they still charge you for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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