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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2658103, member: 112&quot;]Either NGC or PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d always recommend USPS, but the type of mail you choose kinda depends on how much the coin or coins are worth. Registered is always the safest, but it is also the most expensive, as a general rule anyway. With Registered you can insure a package up to $25,000. Other types of mail have limits as well, much lower, so that kinda dictates which one you can use. With the other types of mail it&#039;s not as safe as Registered, but they usually get there. And if they don&#039;t for some reason the insurance will cover you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe, maybe not. Having coins graded and slabbed does several things for you. It authenticates the coins, the holders provide as good of protection as any other holder, and it makes the coins easier to sell should the need to do so ever arise. It does not however add monetary value to the coin. So the cost for slabbing and grading must be considered part of the cost of the coin. And since the more the coin is worth the more it cost to have it slabbed and graded, that additional cost can at times be significant.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honest answer, nobody knows. What most people don&#039;t realize is that the coin market is very fickle. Values don&#039;t just go up, but quite often down, and down a long ways. Sometimes it takes a long time for that happen, other times the drop can be precipitous in just a few months. I have seen coins lose 50% or more of their value in less than 6 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing a lot don&#039;t realize is that we have been in a bear market for going over 8 years now. Yes, I am saying that coin values have been dropping, and dropping steadily and significantly, for over 8 years. Currently, values in the coin market as a whole are as low as they were in 2004. And so far it shows no signs of slowing down.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if you had bought coins in 2004, today you would be breaking even. If you had bought them at any time after 2004, today you would be losing money. And in some cases, a lot of money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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