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New Member
United States
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Been collecting (Hoarding) for some time now. I have never had any coins graded but I am wondering if I should get a few of my nicer coins graded. From all the reading and inspecting photos of particular grades I feel I have a few that could have major value added if I were to send them to a TPG. How do you find out if the coin should be graded? |
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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At least worth over $150 I'd say. Also, no blatantly cleaned/PMD coins.
Edited by Matteproof
10/03/2014 7:39 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Sorry for my ignorance,what is " PMD"? Definitely not cleaned. |
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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PMD is short for Post-Mint Damage. Any damage that occurs to a coin after it leaves the Mint is considered PMD (wear is not counted as "damage.") A heads-up: if you click on PMD , it will lead you to the Numismatic Glossary where you can look up definitions of many numismatic terminology.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for that Matteproof. So I guess my next question is about the TPG price guides, Are they're values realistic? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
Got any pics of the coins you had in mind? This will help.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
ANACS usually has a special going. If you never sent a coin in to be graded, it just might be fun to send a few of your best in to see what happens.
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New Member
United States
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Of coarse I have quite a few I would like to send in but I figured I would start with 2 Ikes I believe to be MS67. I also have some pennies I would like to submit as well. If the photo loads, here is the 1976 Ike  |
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New Member
United States
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By the way, This picture does not represent the coin well at all
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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osiyo59,  to the CCF. Glad you're here. IMHO, w/ that large scratch on ol' Ike's neck, I don't think that would grade out at MS-67 at any TPG... |
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New Member
United States
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I thought that was a neck wrinkle. My other Ike has it but just not as pronounced.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The luster on that coin...WOW.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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I can't tell if the coin really has booming luster from those pics.
It looks more like a low MS with many bag marks to me.
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 United States
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IMHO, That Ike is not worth being TPGed. Post pics of the other coins you are considering having slabbed,we could save you some time and money. John1  |
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United States
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I can't tell if the coin really has booming luster from those pics. Really?  Can you tell that it's an Ike?  Edited by CopperCastle
10/04/2014 12:32 pm
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Korea, Republic Of
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I can't tell if the coin really has booming luster from those pics. ...another way of saying that the luster and clean surfaces are just not there. The glare is just way too much to accurately see the luster and marks. Many MS Ikes out there look lustrous from a pic with too much glare, but actually are heavily bagmarked, low MS coins. |
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Posted 10/03/2014 7:50 pm
