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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24736683, member: 101855&quot;]If you have not joined one of the PCGS introductory offers where you get some coins graded for free, you might try that. The threshold for getting a coin or piece of paper money graded used to be $200. I think that it&#039;s more like $400 or more given the high costs of the grading and the higher shipping costs, which you must pay both ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last work I had done was for some Confederate paper money. I had one note that was worth over $3,000. I paid the going rate, which was over $100, plus the cost of joining their program and the shipping. I get it back in less than a month. It was in a grade higher than I expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had some other notes that were in the $400 to $600 range. I sent them in economy. It took over four months and still cost more than 10% more than the value of the pieces. Four items came back in the grades I expected. One came in less than I expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was talking to a currency dealer a couple of days ago. He had a large stack of notes he was getting graded under the economy plan. He told me it would take about five months.</p><p><br /></p><p>My conclusion was, if you want something certified, buy it certified. Getting things certified is great a dealers. I know from experience you can make more money if you can buy the item at the wholesale levels. As a collector, who has to pay retail, certification is an expensive hassle.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing to remember about NGC is that they drop their guarantee on copper coins after a certain of time. In other words, you can spend all that money, and in a few years, you have a bit more than nothing, but not that much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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