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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bruthajoe, post: 7997228, member: 108656&quot;]I would like to contribute as a new &quot;enthusiast&quot;, but only as a consumer.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 1</b>: It&#039;s my (this is you) opinion based on the transactions I&#039;ve done that on average certification increases the retail value of a coin.</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li>none of the above. it&#039;s about cash flow and certified coins are easier to sell</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 2</b>: TPG certification includes authentication, grading, valuation, registration (in their database), and encapsulation.&nbsp; Which of these is the most valuable to you or are they all required to achieve the answer you gave to question 1?</p><ol> <li>Authentication / <i>with grading</i>.</li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li>Other? (please explain)... It&#039;s by default to have your coin encapsulated after making an acceptable grade and I think Trueview is a requirement if you ever want to admire or share your piece. The worst things about slabs are that it screens the coin.</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 3</b>: What does the suspected retail value of a coin need to be to submit for certification?</p><ol> <li><br /> </li> <li>$100-$249</li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li>it depends (please explain)... Education or personal experience.</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 4</b>: Do you buy TPG certified coins that you think are under graded, break them out and resubmit them in the hope of achieving a higher grade?&nbsp; If so, how big does the value difference need to be between the current grade and your proposed grade?&nbsp; For example, 1809 Capped Bust 50 cent piece currently graded 62 (PCGS value = $5000 <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1809-50c/6092" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1809-50c/6092" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1809-50c/6092</a>) but you think you can break it out and get a TPG to grade it as a 63 (PCGS value = $10000)</p><ol> <li>I don&#039;t do this, yet.<br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li></li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 5</b>: What coin type (US gold, Colonials, Foreign, Bullion, US-non gold etc..) benefits the most in terms of value from certification? What coin types benefit the least?</p><p>Answer: I do not have the experience to answer confidently but I would sensibly think that the most counterfeited and least populated coins would benefit &quot;<i>the most&quot;</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 6</b>: What other reasons will you pay a TPG for certification (other than price appreciation and authentication)? Example: The auction service I use only takes certified coins.</p><p>Answer: Because the members here at Cointalk would recommend it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 7</b>: Not you of course but what is your opinion of what others are doing (in general) if a coin comes back as ‘Details’. Do they break the coin out and sell it raw?</p><ol> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li>Not willing to answer the question – but I’m sure it happens…</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 8</b>: On the TPG submittal form where it asks what you believe the value of the coin to be… do you:</p><ol> <li><br /> </li> <li><br /> </li> <li>Put a higher value -&nbsp; but, (refer to choice 4)</li> <li>It doesn&#039;t matter</li> </ol><p>please explain... They will not be persuaded by the opinion of the submitter and are probably compiling feedback data or for insurance purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Question 9</b>: What TPG certification (in your opinion based on your business) offers you the most upside value?</p><ol> <li>PCGS</li> <li><br /> </li> <li></li> </ol><p>This was fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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