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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 25388426, member: 24754&quot;]I predominantly collect NGC certified coins. I&#039;ve previously thought that I&#039;d be slick and buy coins through CNG that I&#039;d send in for certification myself...... and 5 out of 6 of them came back in &quot;Tooled&quot; body bags <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. So if you are overly concerned about that kind of thing, then you may want to keep that in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a core list of coins that I want for my collection, and I don&#039;t buy those examples through CNG. However, they do tend to offer a much wider variety of coins (especially provincials) that simply do not show up in slabbed auctions. When some obscure group of coins pop at CNG (Fulvia, Gaius/Lucius Caesars, Agrippina Minor, Claudia Octavia, Poppaea, Domitia, Zenobia, Laelianus, etc as examples) then I&#039;ll buy those rare peripheral coins because they fill a lot of holes in the story that would otherwise be blank for me. (I put them in fake slabs so they still store nicely with the rest of the collection)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tooling aside, I&#039;ve had no issues with CNG. While a bit ridiculous, their shipping rates are in line with the rest of the industry, and they tend to ship fairly quickly. As for the buyer&#039;s fees, the advice given previously is sound. For a 20% buyers fee, determine the &quot;Max&quot; that what you want to pay for the coin, then calculate your maximum &quot;Bid&quot; like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Max*5</u> = Bid</p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">t</span>&nbsp; &nbsp; 6[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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