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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3422241, member: 22377"]If picking up these Kennedy coins brings you happiness and you're able to afford it (i.e. you're not forgoing food/health/essentials), then I think you're perfectly fine. Sure you could collect lower condition coins for less, but if those aren't your passion, then there is no point in doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if you watch enough auctions, some of those silver Kennedy coins can be won for $10-$15 (although $15-$20 is the more common range). Maybe try to pick one date and see if you can win an auction for even less as a small challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the cost for slabbing, for a general submission it costs more than what you're paying (around $20 per coin with shipping and other fees for the cheaper tier). Bulk submissions (where one sends in a large quantity) greatly reduce the grading fees. Most often, people try to get enough 70 graded examples to make their money and then sell off the 69 graded ones for whatever they can get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3422241, member: 22377"]If picking up these Kennedy coins brings you happiness and you're able to afford it (i.e. you're not forgoing food/health/essentials), then I think you're perfectly fine. Sure you could collect lower condition coins for less, but if those aren't your passion, then there is no point in doing so. By the way, if you watch enough auctions, some of those silver Kennedy coins can be won for $10-$15 (although $15-$20 is the more common range). Maybe try to pick one date and see if you can win an auction for even less as a small challenge. As to the cost for slabbing, for a general submission it costs more than what you're paying (around $20 per coin with shipping and other fees for the cheaper tier). Bulk submissions (where one sends in a large quantity) greatly reduce the grading fees. Most often, people try to get enough 70 graded examples to make their money and then sell off the 69 graded ones for whatever they can get.[/QUOTE]
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