Best Opinions On How To Grade And Verify Varieties; My 100th Post!

that was really informative, thanks. I've got no dreams of grandeur or wants too get rich quick. I'm not in it for "money" except you be able to fund the extra expenses I need to be able to indulge in my hobbies a bit more. I really enjoy the search and the research. The pics I take always seen to look better and be easier to see what I see before I download 'em on to here. I can't figure out how to take or upload clean quality photos. I take hours sometimes methodically cross checking, searching for known die markers, and trying to photograph. I didn't mean to come off sounding like I did. I love this hobby, I don't wanna cheapin' it or come off looking like all I care about is finding a way to make a big payout. I just want to get rid of some of what I think I might have, in a way, that people can trust what their getting is what I've said; so I can afford the extra $ for flips, a better loop and down the road afford to contribute to some of these sites, that I've used to teach me so much about becoming a numismatist.

Although error coins can and are much more difficult to value I would still use a "standard" dollar figure to consider a TPG.

For me, if the coin will not SELL for $200 or more, I don't send it in. If it will SELL for $200 or more I save it until I have at lest 16 raw coins to send to NGC. Why the figure of 16? It's the lines for coins on submission sheets and it keeps the other costs like postage and standard submission charges to a minimum for each coin.

That's a good idea. Thanks moxking. Part of the reason I haven't done it yet is because I'm not sure, or at least not confident in the potential value of the coins I want to send. Even some of the coins I've spent hours ensuring every listed detail is present and the listed variety is practically the same as my coin, I worry about the grade. It's difficult for me to locate potential accurate values and tree values I find are for ms60/70 bu60 or at minimal au50/55. And one grade lower can be a difference between that coin be valued at $200, and being valued at $20... or worse $2! Lol those pics still didn't come out well, and for some reason, 1 loaded twice and two others not at all.

Oh wow, thanks. That's helpful. I haven't read anything yet that's really spelled it out like that

HAHAHA My drugs have been kicked in for awhile here. Thanks for that info. After reading that 1st part, and then seeing those diagrams, I can CLEARLY see the doubling is shelf like and flat, and its all very uniformed. Not at all like I was thinking it was

Oh..! And master hub doubling.. omw from 1965/66 ect... quarters; even if they're spot on matched, with additional DDR DDO varieties. They're not only common but, of little to no additional value

Lol! Ok, then I definately need to go through and review somethings. How long have you been into this? I said 3 yrs earlier but, now that I think about it, it's probably closer to two. And I know the pennies seem to be all the rave but, I like the quarters and dimes. I started this on my own after reading about it one day, and I don't know when it happened but, it turned out to be one of my favorite hobbies. Geology is the other. My gf got me the mega red 3rd ed. And a rock, gem, & mineral book for Christmas, so I've been busy reading and looking stuff up. There's allot about both, I still need to learn