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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26104379, member: 10461&quot;]Average cost of certification by a respectable TPG (third-party grading service)?&nbsp; Figure a minimum of fifty bucks++, after all the fees and return shipping and stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think Sal&#039;s grade estimation is way too low.&nbsp; I put the coin at XF40 details (maybe 45 on a good day).&nbsp; I think the color might be suspect (looks like it might possibly have had an old cleaning there), so you might not even get a straight grade on it (it might go XF details/cleaned).&nbsp; Which would trade at a discount.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I do concur with Sal&#039;s assessment that it is not worth the cost of certification.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if it <i>did</i> straight grade- let&#039;s say at XF40, for the sake of argument- <a href="https://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=2cnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10910600&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=2cnt&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=10910600&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms" rel="nofollow">it&#039;s worth $58 in that grade</a>, per Numismedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as I see it, in your <i>best </i>case scenario, you&#039;d be looking at spending $50-ish to certify a coin worth $58, tops.</p><p><br /></p><p>So right there you can see that it doesn&#039;t make any sense, financially.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that&#039;s the bad news.&nbsp; The <i>good</i> news is, it&#039;s a perfectly decent coin for an album or something.&nbsp; Just not a great slab candidate, is all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy it as-is.&nbsp; Don&#039;t waste money submitting it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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