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<p>[QUOTE="Kevin Dore, post: 3124954, member: 96515"]I have a very modest collection of coins, which some of you may already know if you read my post on the introductions forum, but this one I consider to be my favorite coin. I have often wondered about the value of it and I've looked it up in the books, seen what similar coins are being sold for, and even gotten a couple of quotes from local dealers. The part I struggle with the most though it's grading coins. I have a general idea, but I am a novice grader at best. So I think my first question is, what do you think this coin would grade as? I myself think it would fall in the EF category, but I ask myself if maybe I'm looking at it through rose colored glasses because it's the favorite of my collection? Would it be in the VF category? Or am I grading it too harshly and could it be as high as AU?</p><p><br /></p><p>The next question is more of a general question that also applies to this coin: does having a coin graded always increase the value of a coin? Should I consider having this graded and slabbed? I have no intention of selling this coin any time soon, so my thought process is: if it would be worth grading 20 years from now and I might be willing to sell it then, it may be better to just do it now so it would be ready come time to sell, and the grading will make it worth more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I'm just trying to talk myself into having it graded, but I'm sure the answers I receive to my questions will help me figure that out.[ATTACH=full]796078[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]796075[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Dore, post: 3124954, member: 96515"]I have a very modest collection of coins, which some of you may already know if you read my post on the introductions forum, but this one I consider to be my favorite coin. I have often wondered about the value of it and I've looked it up in the books, seen what similar coins are being sold for, and even gotten a couple of quotes from local dealers. The part I struggle with the most though it's grading coins. I have a general idea, but I am a novice grader at best. So I think my first question is, what do you think this coin would grade as? I myself think it would fall in the EF category, but I ask myself if maybe I'm looking at it through rose colored glasses because it's the favorite of my collection? Would it be in the VF category? Or am I grading it too harshly and could it be as high as AU? The next question is more of a general question that also applies to this coin: does having a coin graded always increase the value of a coin? Should I consider having this graded and slabbed? I have no intention of selling this coin any time soon, so my thought process is: if it would be worth grading 20 years from now and I might be willing to sell it then, it may be better to just do it now so it would be ready come time to sell, and the grading will make it worth more. Maybe I'm just trying to talk myself into having it graded, but I'm sure the answers I receive to my questions will help me figure that out.[ATTACH=full]796078[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]796075[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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