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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2298495, member: 69760&quot;]I&#039;m debating whether or not I should send my notes off to be graded by CGA. Besides CGA&#039;s attractive pricing and ease of submission (5 notes for $64.99 shipped and a 14 day turnaround), my primary concern revolves around resale value - although I intend to keep them in my collection, the notes may eventually be sold if I ever want to upgrade the note or if I really need to for whatever reason. So I may as well submit them with future resale in mind. I&#039;ve read many threads on this, but I still have some unanswered questions that revolve around resale value:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- From anecdotal evidence of previous years&#039; data I&#039;ve read, PCGS demands the highest resale value, probably due to name recognition with its previous association with PCGS coins and their values. Is PCGS Currency the market leader whereby buyers / dealers tend to buy the PCGS holders over PMG and CGA graded notes?</p><p><br /></p><p>- Is CGA&#039;s scandal from some years back still hampering value, despite the thicker holder, star designation, and stellar track record since (reestablishing trust with consumers can be a difficult task, even with a new ownership)? Or, is their value rising to competitive levels with PMG &amp; PCGS? Looking at sold listings on eBay, I don&#039;t see as wide a gap in resale value as purported (at least not from the small sample size of US notes I saw today). However, I do see an example of a PMG XF note selling for slightly more than a non-star CGA AU of the same note. For the latter, the seller even noted that it&#039;s &quot;possibly about uncirculated&quot;, with no mention of the TPG, and cropped out the front CGA name and grade sections - as if to say the buyer is buying a &quot;raw&quot; note in a sealed sleeve protector.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Is one TPG seen as superior over another for foreign currencies in general? How about contemporary vs. early-mid 20th century foreign notes? I read that PMG is better than PCGS for foreign currencies (is this generally true?), but where does CGA fit in between the two? How about for foreign error notes?</p><p><br /></p><p>- Anything else worth <i>noting</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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