Dilemma With TPG's And Cost With 25th Anniv. Set

I could have swore I read that they only did the "set labels for HSN and the other Home shopping channels and were not offering the "set" labels to the general public. There is no way ANACS is going to put "set" on a label when they do not get them sealed, because the 3 coins can come from anywhere. They may label the 2 coins as from the set (which I doubt) but I really do not think all coins would come back as part of the set when there is no guarantee they are from that set since they do not accept sealed sets. The Home Shopping places are the only ones that got the 25th ann. set labels that I know of and it was a special thing for those customers

Square peg in a round hole?

I had not heard that. Thanks!

My two unopened sets are ultimately intended for my children upon my demise (unless I spend them first :-). To differentiate these coins from others of lesser value and decrease the likelihood they would be sold for bullion, having them slabbed is worthy of consideration. Should make it easier for them to sell. Never slabbed a coin before (besides, "slabbed" sounds like an insult :-).

Speaking of insults, this first strike designation costing another $18 is absurd and devalues our hobby, not to mention the ridiculous OGP return fee (recently raised?). PCGS can take a hike. Simple greed in play here and their brand is tarnished in my book. Where's the outrage?! Of course NGC is an option.

Or, I could open them. Enjoy them. Leave a note in my will explaining their value and hope they act accordingly.

I think I've just decided!

I believe I want to get them slabbed, the fact that these "other 3 Eagles" can/could come from anywhere, will just not be good for any potential future sale that I may or may not have to do even on the Set that I want to "keep" as well. Times are tough....but they could be or might be A LOT tougher in the future too.
So......gotta get em' slabbed, I feel.

So, if I did join PCGS, (which seems to be the best so far in everyones opinion) when I send in the box, is there a form they'll send me to include with the box ?
Do I seperately send an envelope containing the certification fees and the info that I want the OGP's to be sent back ?
How do they get all of this information "from" me ?
I like the idea of "FS" designation for maximum value now and/or in the future, but how do I know that I can get that on "my" Sets ? You just ask for it....then pay for it and they'll give that to you ? ......

daviscfad
I may take you up on your kind offer there.......I'm not clear on what the details would be on something like that either.....but for now, I'm still gathering information and deciding what I ought to do.....

I just joined PCGS, by the way......on the "Silver" level for $49.00.

Where do I put this "form" (and info about wanting my OGP's back) once it's filled out and I print it off ?

Tape it onto the box ? .....
Mail it separately from the box ? ....
Or is this all automatically done electronically ? ...

EagleFoot,if you are not going to put the mint box in a larger box you should at least wrap it in heavy paper for shipment to the TPG. If you send it as it arrived from the mint you risk having the seal damaged in transit and possibly losing the labeling you desire. With all of the publicity this set has had, the FS and ER designations may nor carry the kind of premiums that they have on previous coins. Even the normally less informed buyers are getting information about this set that is telling them that those labels are probably not worth paying for this time because all of the sets were qualified to get them when they left the mint.

I would like to see an ANACS set that includes the words "25th anniversary set" on any but the two unique coins. They do it for their contract customers because those people do deliver sealed mint boxes. They are just begging to be sued if they attach that label to coins that they have no way of knowing the provenance of. If you see ANACS coins submitted without mint packaging please post a link to them so we can all see what they are really doing. I cannot imagine their lawyer telling them that it is perfectly OK to do such a thing. I would think that if they actually do it that PCGS and NGC will attack them in the media and/or in court.

After VERY much trouble yesterday......I finally got my two Sets sent off to PCGS !

The total cost of this whole thing is surprising ....

What "should" it have cost me in total to send these two sets to them ?

Anybody else send two sets to them ?
Including the "FS" designation, what did you pay ?

I'm wondering if I did the form incorrectly or something.
The total cost here is approaching what I paid for the Sets ! ....

Thanks Foxwoods....that's about on par with what I paid then....sheesh ! ......
Plus the $50.00 sign up fee for joining PCGS
And $6.00 bucks for some "paper tape" for the registered mail pacakge.
And about $6.00 for the box from a UPS store.

I hope the one set I'll have available for sale, will make all of this worthwhile.......

Now just hoping for a miracle with ALL 10 coins being MS/PR 70's on the way back to me in about a month or so ! ........ LoL Ha Ha
But since, that probably won't happen.....I'll be curious to watch the selling prices of PCGS MS/PR 69 sets........and hoping that "the peak" is yet to be with these slabbed ones.

Since most haven't got theirs back from grading....the peak for those "shouldn't" have happened yet correct ?
And "long term" value is still an unknowable factor I assume too.