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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2267743, member: 69760&quot;]I&#039;ve purchased slabbed coins before but I&#039;ve yet to submit any coins to any of the TPGs. I&#039;m strongly considering PCGS to grade some of my 20th century classic commemorative silver coins, along with one of my late 18th century British coins (my avatar). Three coins are worth less than $300 each, and one is less than $3,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m debating whether or not it&#039;s worth it to get the Gold membership to get the four free submissions (I know that there are other benefits to a PCGS membership, but let&#039;s isolate the free submissions benefit only, as traveling down to the various coin shows are a bit too expensive for me to consider). Here&#039;s the cost breakdown I have for 4 coin submissions for the two options I&#039;m considering, silver and gold. From what I can tell, it appears that Gold membership is the best value when submitting 4 coins.... Please let me know if I&#039;m missing anything and thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>PCGS <span style="color: #b3b300">Gold</span></u></b></p><p>- Gold Membership: $149</p><p>- Return Shipping: $20.95</p><p>- Handling Fee (?): $10 x 4 = $40.00 (Does Gold membership cover the handling fee?)</p><p>- World Coin Secure Shipment: $5 (If I have one world coin and the rest are US coins, do I need to add the secure fee to all of the coins regardless of where they&#039;re from?)</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Total</u></p><p><b>$174.95</b></p><p><b>or $214.95 with handling fee</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>PCGS <span style="color: #bfbfbf">Silver</span></u></b></p><p>- Silver Membership: $69</p><p>- Economy Grading Service: $20 x 3 = $60</p><p>- Regular Grading Service: $32 x 1 = $32</p><p>- Handling Fee: $10 x 4 = $40</p><p>- Return Shipping: $20.95</p><p>- World Coin Secure Shipment: $5 (If I have one world coin and the rest are US coins, do I need to add the secure fee to all of the coins regardless of where they&#039;re from? I&#039;m guessing no, but you never know...)</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Total</u></p><p><b>$221.95</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Other Costs</u></b></p><p>- Initial Shipping to PCGS (Insured and Tracked)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Other Questions and Notes: </b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. If I mistake the value of a coin and one of them is worth more than $300, will PCGS simply charge my credit card? Or, what will happen?</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; 2 ½&quot; x 2 ½&quot; mylar flips for each coin, no doubling up</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Quarterly special does <u>not</u> apply to the silver commemorative coins, so this benefit doesn&#039;t do much for the 4 coins I want to submit.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Anything else?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Source</u></b></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/servicesandfees/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/servicesandfees/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/servicesandfees/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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