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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 7948364, member: 1765"]There are two reasons you might want to get them graded.</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Get a 70 and flip for profit. In this case, you'd like 2 70s, so the odds are a little more against you than normal, with the grading costs being double. The best way to flip these for a profit is to sell the unopened box, next is to sell the opened box to a bulk submitter whose grading costs will be much lower. As an individual set being graded, I wouldn't.<br /> <br /> </li> <li>Slab for your collection.</li> </ol> <blockquote><ul> <li>If you absolutely need to have a slabbed one in your collection ASAP, I would trade the raw box plus some amount less than your certification costs for slabs. We currently don't know the ratio of 69s to 70s, so the premium for a 70 at this point is likewise unknown.</li> <li>If you can wait a couple years, you will be able to buy coins already slabbed <i>and </i>make sure you get ones without the milk spots that can take a while to develop. This is what I would recommend.</li> </ul></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 7948364, member: 1765"]There are two reasons you might want to get them graded. [LIST=1] [*]Get a 70 and flip for profit. In this case, you'd like 2 70s, so the odds are a little more against you than normal, with the grading costs being double. The best way to flip these for a profit is to sell the unopened box, next is to sell the opened box to a bulk submitter whose grading costs will be much lower. As an individual set being graded, I wouldn't. [*]Slab for your collection. [/LIST] [INDENT][LIST] [*]If you absolutely need to have a slabbed one in your collection ASAP, I would trade the raw box plus some amount less than your certification costs for slabs. We currently don't know the ratio of 69s to 70s, so the premium for a 70 at this point is likewise unknown. [*]If you can wait a couple years, you will be able to buy coins already slabbed [I]and [/I]make sure you get ones without the milk spots that can take a while to develop. This is what I would recommend. [/LIST][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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