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New Member
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Say I do the Regular service for several of my coins and they end up being worth more than the $3000 maximum value. Will I be charged more then or how would that work?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Say I do the Regular service for several of my coins and they end up being worth more than the $3000 maximum value. Will I be charged more then or how would that work? No. It's not a problem unless the values are totally out of whack. Say you have a $10k coin or something then it might raise an eyebrow. For example, say your 1893-S Morgan was in AU53 condition with no problems then it's clearly way over the $3k value. If it's under AU then don't worry a bit. P.S. Regular Service is $3k per coin so the order total for 6 coins could be $18k total. It's calculated per coin but they give you plenty of leeway. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can you post pictures of the coins you are planning to submit to PCGS? We can help you get an idea of the grades and estimated values. If you do plan on submitting coins especially rarer pieces I'd send them regular tier or higher depending on the coins estimated value and how patient/impatient you are on getting them back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would there happen to be a large coin show in your area soon that PCGS may be attending? You could always drop them off at an authorized dealer in your area as well. Looks like you have a few key and semi-key dates, and yes, images would be nice to take a look at as well.
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New Member
United States
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I plan on taking a trip to my safety deposit box this week to pull them out and retake pictures without any sleeves on them. Then post the pictures here to see what people think and hopefully ship them out next week. I might even do all my coins express and secure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree that you send your coins registered mail. It will take a little longer to get to PCGS, but it is the most secure way to ship. It will also cost less than priority mail with the added insurance. USPS charges less for insurance on Register mail than Priority or Express mail. Insure the coins for the amount that if the coins are lost you are comfortable with the claim amount.
If you have a coin with a value over 3K, that coin will need to be sent express. You can ship a regular and express coin in the same package to PCGS, but they will not return in the same package unless you have an Fed Ex or Express mail account. if you have any questions, give them a phone call. Do not send them an email as they are slow to respond.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I agree on using registered mail to submit your Morgans. By the way, nice dates !!
Anyhow, you need to seal the shipping box with brown paper tape, not the shiny plastic looking stuff that the post office sells. All of the corners and gaps on the shipping box needs to be sealed tight (tamper proof) otherwise the post office will not let you use registered mail.
I experienced this when I was sending a bunch of early 1930's baseball autographs to JSA for authentication.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Insurance is based on the value YOU determine. If you undervalue, that would be the limit of what you could recover if it were lost in transit. SOMETIMES, the TPG notices you've vastly undervalued a coin and customer service will contact you to make the adjustment. But you can't depend on it. So do an honest job of grading before you send it off, and check the price guide. If you think it's a 64, but if it slides past and makes a 65 which is worth 10K more, probably price it at the extra 10K. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you have a trusted LCS, I would definitely save the hassle and submit through them.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you have a trusted LCS, I would definitely save the hassle and submit through them. I wouldn't especially not at the potential values. Always do it yourself |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Honestly, people over-complicate this. Pick your TPG * Join if necessary Use the online submission form, list each coin with estimated (replacement) value Follow instructions, carefully including proper packing and shipping (insured) -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh, yeah, I forgot ... obsessively check the site to see if your coins have been received and then if grades posted and then track the returned package...
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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New Member
United States
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I just wanted to let everyone know I did read what you had to say. Tonight I'll be posting "better" pictures of my coins to see what you all think about their grades!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7630 Posts |
Follow the TPG submission form instructions to a "t". Call them if you have questions. They will help you. Only ship by Registered Mail with insurance. I believe the package limit is $25000. Use multiple packages if the total value exceeds that amount. Registered mail takes longer but rarely disappears or gets tampered with. Good luck and keep us posted with the results. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I believe the package limit is $25000 Limit is up to $50,000 now. |
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