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Message:: [QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1305849, member: 75105"]I have two coins with good value, but getting them slabbed is not as easy as I thought. Nor does it seem like the graders want to mess with small collectors, it only seems like they want to deal with dealers. PCGS: To send a coin to PCGS, I have to be a member, which costs $50 on top of the grading fees and shipping.Can't use their economy service, because one of my coins has a retail of over $300. So I have to use their regular service, $30 per coin. So PCGS would cost $110 to have my coins graded plus shipping back and forth. NGC: Again, have to be a member. Which costs at the min $40. So that is $40 on top of grading fees and shipping. Unless you have 5 coins, you have to use their early bird service. $30 per coin. So that is $100 to have my coins graded, not including shipping to and shipping back. ANACS: Can't use their economy service, need at least 5 coins. So I have to use 15 day, which is $19 per coin. There is $38 plus $20 for return postage and handling. $58..... No matter how you slice it, it would cost at least $30 each to have these coins graded. It seems like with the fee structures, and EXUBERANT S&H charges, these graders don't want to mess with the small coin collector, they only want dealers, or people with a lot of coins that need slabbed. If you think about it, it's only worth slabbing a coin if, in an auction or listing, that $30 you spent will increase the value $30 or more.[/QUOTE]