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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Noah Worke, post: 8074091, member: 115032&quot;]It&#039;s this 1898 Morgan dollar that I got for 50 bucks, and looking at my Red Book it seems like a fair price and an accurate grade judging by what the book told me to look for. The seller (antique store owner whom I trust) judged it to be MS-60 and priced at $50.00 USD. I love how this coin looks, as I do all old US silver. Bought this instead of a reverse proof 5 dollar silver maple leaf for 40 bucks. I&#039;m happy with the purchase, and glad I could get my hands on more US silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m thinking of getting this graded by ICG due to the fact that PCGS and NGC on top of being very expensive for someone in school and working part time such as myself, they also require some sort of membership. To be fair I haven&#039;t read much on the subject, but these two &quot;big dogs&quot; seem pretty exclusive, which is why I&#039;ll be going with ICG. Here&#039;s a table of the prices: <a href="https://www.icgcoin.com/fees-services/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.icgcoin.com/fees-services/" rel="nofollow">https://www.icgcoin.com/fees-services/</a></p><p>Seeing this, I&#039;ll only need to spend $37.00 USD plus postage to send in the coins. Very affordable for me. I can hardly think of 10 coins to send in, but I think my mystery challenge coin will be among them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; These were my reasons for choosing ICG, however are there any reasons not to go with them? They seem promising, but I know there are other grading services that may be just as good. I&#039;m new to the grading scene, and these will be my first certified coins. I&#039;m hoping to make the right choice, because I just think TPG slabs are really cool. What should I do in regards to shipping? Should the coins do fine in flips in a normal paper envelope, plastic holders in a paper envelope, or maybe either of those in a bubble wrapped envelope? I&#039;m not sure, so if any of you guys with experience could help me out with the process it would be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Overall, I think I&#039;ll have good luck with the TPG process. I really like my new coins, and am looking forward to enjoying these new ones for years to come. I&#039;m glad I found an affordable TPG company and look forward to working with them. I also am lucky to have a vendor so close to home that doesn&#039;t over charge for coins as well. It&#039;s always a good day when you get old US silver. Now here is the Morgan:[ATTACH=full]1401264[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1401265[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the mystery challenge coin I plan to send with it in case you haven&#039;t seen it: [ATTACH=full]1401266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1401267[/ATTACH] Thank you all for your time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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