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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;billcd, post: 220776, member: 8657&quot;]I have a question.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to find a way to &quot;offset&quot; my coin habit.&nbsp; I&#039;m just one of those people that tries to make a buck on EVERYTHING they do I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the silver US Eagles.&nbsp; They are relatively cheep and are a great looking coin.&nbsp; So one of my books I&#039;m working on filling is a Dansco Eagles+Proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve looked at several of the grading services and although PCGS is the most expensive they also bring the most money on eBay.&nbsp; So, here&#039;s my math, maybe somebody can shed some light on what I am missing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m also not going to take a lot of costs into account: shipping cost, selling cost and other major costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to buy a 2005 Green Monster for $7000 (I know, I can&#039;t get one that cheep) I would have paid an average or $14 for 500 coins.&nbsp; And I&#039;ll also assume that I had them graded by PCGS and every one of them came back MS69 (and I know that&#039;s impossible too)</p><p><br /></p><p>With 500 coins the $200 membership fee is only $0.20 per coin.</p><p>So the cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $14</p><p>Membership:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $0.20</p><p>PCGS Grading:&nbsp;&nbsp; $14 (<a href="http://www.pcgs.com/grading_list.chtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/grading_list.chtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/grading_list.chtml</a> - U.S. Modern)</p><p><br /></p><p>I should be able to sell that coin on eBay for $25.......</p><p><br /></p><p>That brings me to a loss of $3.20 + eBay, Paypal and shipping costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, why in the world would anybody have a silver eagle graded?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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