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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 16733, member: 1113&quot;]Oh, and when to have it slabbed and graded?&nbsp; I think it&#039;s an individual decision, but from the standpoint of when it makes financial sense, while there are no absolutes, I&#039;d generally say -- </p><p><br /></p><p>* If it looks mint state and worth $100+ in that mint state grade -- slab it.&nbsp; Otherwise if you try to sell it raw, there&#039;s a good chance you only get AU money for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Any coins valued at maybe $200 or more -- slab &#039;em.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Key dates -- slab &#039;em.&nbsp; Even if the grading isn&#039;t in question (most people can grade circulated grades better than MS, and can tell the difference between F-12 and VF-20 a lot more easily than the difference between MS-62 and MS-63), getting the vote of confidence for authenticity is important.&nbsp; Future buyers can offer more, with confidence, if they trust that the often-faked coin isn&#039;t faked.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Mint state gold -- slab it.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot of it floating around as fake.&nbsp; Plus if it&#039;s mint state, US gold, it will fall under bullet #1, anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>* These guidelines can be relaxed a little if you have a lot of coins to submit.&nbsp; Two-way shipping and insurance charges make it costly for 1-2 coins, even at the economy rate, but with 10 coins, the cost per coin is low enough that even some common-date circulated coins (like this one) with reasonable value can be slabbed at a net cost that will likely be lower than its improved marketability and market value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, what would I do in this case?&nbsp; If I had a lot of coins to submit and could use the economy rate, I&#039;d submit this one.&nbsp; If this were the only coin I wanted to submit and had to pay a higher-tier grading cost plus two-way shipping and insurance probably hitting $40 or more for one coin, I don&#039;t do it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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