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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3201094, member: 59677&quot;]Up for auction was an 1851 3 Cent Silver in CCGS MS-65... what did I pay (including the 17.5% buyer&#039;s premium and $5 shipping/handling (take that Stacks &amp; Heritage))????</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>CCGS (Certified Coin Grading Service) is one of the dozen or so slabbing &quot;services&quot; using the IGS Shells, which are the ex NTC (Numistrust) shells… these guys don&#039;t rate an album, they get a repurposed biscotti bucket:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828518[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1851 3CS are very common (1st year, over 11 million minted). It&#039;s only in the very highest grades that they get pricey.</p><p><br /></p><p>coinprices.com (the Greysheet Consumer Price Guide) has the 1851 at VF20 $52, MS60 $247, MS62 $273, MS63 $312, MS65 at $702.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS has VF20 $60, MS60 $225, MS62 $245, MS63 $275 and MS65 $725</p><p>NCG has VF $60, MS60 $210, MS62 $250 MS63 $330, MS65 $950</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t MS-65, but it&#039;s not THAT bad... provisionally I&#039;m going to call it MS-63 before GTG...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828519[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Full Slab:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what did I pay???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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