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Each there own.

 

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.00001 defect slab (which they fixed by the way) and that means not to use them?

If you want to buy from the mint that's fine, I can't get seated material from the mint though.

And yes every single coin besides robotic sealed moderns have been touched by bare hands before already

 

Baseball, All the Mints, U.S. Mint, Perth Mint, Royal Australian Mint whom i deal with wear gloves.

 

No they don't

 

Yes they do. Tell me who doesn't.

 

One word, sir... "dexterity". If you wish to ignore the potentially greater problems/issues gloves can cause in favor of something easily avoided with basic care, that's perfectly fine, but please don't post personal preference as if blanket fact.

 

@GDJMSP I appreciate your input and your post has given me a lot of food for thought. No disrespect by any means but I think you are taking my statements to the extreme. Again the post is for the occasion that I happen to come across a piece that falls into what I was describing. I expect nothing but hope for something.

 

I'll bet it's only on camera. I'll bet the gloves come off after the closeup.

 

I used Lincoln to cover all once cent pieces with his head on it. 1909 to present. I've started with them, a few jeffersons, peace dollars, large cent, Morgan, and mercs. I have a roll of wheats, mercy and peace dollars to crack open tonight. It feels like Christmas

 

Coming from an "Ex-Pert" that has been on the coining floor of all those mints!

PS Take a look at some of the old photo ads inside the TPGS's. Guess what? They all had white gloves on it the photos! I know a bunch of them. Get it?

And the Easter Bunny is on his way!

 

Not to interrupt this edifying discussion, but what would be the charge (just an estimate) to grade a 2016 MS67 RD cent?

 

Modern tier, generally about $16 plus whatever percentage of shipping and handling it accounts for in the submission. Cheaper for a bulk submission

 

@GDJMSP i thank you again for your examples and input. You've made your point with the modern lincolns and, I guess, because of my wording and limited experience with the lingo I am not really conveying mine properly. It's not hard to crack a fresh roll of pennies from the bank, sort the ones that are shiney and have no scratches or wear or defect of any type then start staring at them and my photograde app. If that began to boil your blood turn the knob down a bit because I'm not done. What I just described is what I see is playing in your mind when you read my posts but it is far from where I'm at. If I used the term modern I meant anything with lincolns head on it or jeffersons head on it. To me anything less than 100 years is new (I'm a traditionalist) and I need to familiarize myself with what that means to coin heads before i start throwing words like that around. Again, as I consistently admitted throughout all posts and threads thus far, I am new to this hobby, know essentially nothing about it, am not envisioning myself swimming naked through benjamins and red lincolns in my living room, am willing to put forth time and effort to learn properly and become proficient at grading coins. I have a career and it pays well. I'm not trying to support myself and my son by cracking rolls and looking for our next meal ticket. I do, however, tend to find ways to have a hobby help support itself. Not entirely but assist in some way or another (that's the entrepreneur in me lunging out). And who knows. Maybe one day you'll see me writing an article in a magazine and I'll add in there "and if it wasn't for the collectors on CoinTalk sharing their knowledge and experiences when I started out I wouldn't be where I am now." I highly doubt that but hey, ya never know.

 

I use NGC. You can submit to NGC directly via ANA membership, or if you're submitting 7+ coins, it's actually cheaper to purchase the NGC Premium membership for $149 since you receive $150 in credit. There's also no minimum coin requirement anymore for economy tier, but you may still want to submit at least several coins per form due to shipping costs. Another benefit to using NGC (and PCGS for most US coins) is that there's definitely a noticeable premium paid by buyers for coins slabbed by these TPGs. So, if your tastes change or if you ever want to upgrade your newly slabbed coins, then you have a better chance of at least breaking even.

Also, the more I look at ANACS grades, the more they appear accurately graded or at least comparable to many NGC / PCGS grades, with some discrepancies. Plus, much better pricing to boot.

And, I buy raw the vast majority of the time, so slabbed isn't really a desired option for me unless the price is comparable to raw (mostly applies to slabbed moderns). So, you can say that I'm a huge believer of buying the coin and not the holder, literally. Case-in-point, you may get a semi-PL coin given the exact same grade as a typical business strike coin; but obviously, they're not the same aesthetically at all. Add toning and it's apples and oranges (in most cases, I've noticed that TPGs don't give star grades for colorful and "pretty" toning).

As an aside, the entire philosophy of PCGS grading is for collectors/buyers/dealers to make transactions sight unseen. But, there's an inherent flaw with the current grading system when it comes to eye appeal and the aforementioned aesthetic qualities, which makes sight unseen purchases not always a great idea. Besides poor grading assignments, that is probably a large part of the reason why the saying, "Buy the coin and not the holder" exists.

Just my 2 cents...

 

@GDJMSP

I sure wish I had your patience, experience, and the time it takes you to reply and watch over this place - both for the old and new collectors. You should be a moderator...LOL.

Thanks for the Heritage auction results. I had no idea. Might turn me into one of those coin roll hunters when I get a little older. In fact, I got some shiny new Lincolns in change at the store last night. I'm going to take a look after posting this. I'm sure some 68's must be out there!

Only one problem, I'm too cheap to spend the money trying to get anything I may find certified!.

 

Thank you @iPen i saw the NGC membership while price comparing with other TPGs and wanted to check back to see what it was about. And I like what you said about buying the coin not the holder. Lingo question- what does PL stand for? Your 2 cents are always welcome

 

Ok thank you for the tip. Is that just because of the silver content dismissal or for another reason? And does that apply to all US coins after 64 or does it vary because of lack of silver or its silver quit date was prior i.e. after jeffs war nickels?

I'm excited when I find a coin over average circ grade in a roll at this point lol.

I was wondering one thing about the grading inaccuracy of the TPGs people have been mentioning on this thread... where do I find the standard from which all of this is done? If one is to accurately say a TPG graded a coin higher than actual...what are they comparing the TPGs results to? That's what I want to learn from. If PCGSs standard is off I don't want to get used to the photograde I'm using now because even when I'm getting good I'll be bad at it.

 

PL = Proof-Like

And, I think others mentioned about buying the coin and not the holder, too.

It's a very widely held position by many numismatists for a number of reasons.