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Which Grader Should I Use To Submit 2 Coins?

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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:08 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add alzika to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I was going to use NGC and I took it to the local NGC dealer in my city. He took a look at my coins and said they were worthless, and tried to offer me $10 for the lot of coins I had brought in.

That being said, I immediately left. I went in there specifically to try to submit coins to NGC, and he knew this, yet he tried to rip me off.

That being said, which should I use to submit two coins that I want to get graded? I'd prefer to just mail them in.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zacharycash to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What coins did you bring in?
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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alzika to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A 1829 half dollar and a 1921 morgan are the two I want to submit.

I brought those in with a lot of about 5-6 others just to see if he could value anything. The guy took a look at the items for about 10 seconds and offered $10.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:28 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
and please post some pics if you have any. Once we can get an idea of the value of the coins we'll let ya know if it's worth it to have em graded.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alzika to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've already posted both coins over in the coin grading forum! :)

I just want to do it for my own benefit to protect them and to have a rating such that it gives me a general idea of the value. Not just today's value, but years down the road. If I know an exact number 1-70 that it is graded, I can look up the value of similar examples.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  12:34 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm away from my books at the moment so I can't quote any estimates

STAY AWAY FROM THAT DEALER!

the Morgan alone is worth more then 10$.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  07:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tights24 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
First, welcome to the forum.

Second, I agree with GO, stay away from that dealer, the melt value alone is worth more than what he offered.

Third, I looked at the coins in the grading section and I think everyone has given you pretty good grades and advice. Slab if you will, but typically I like a coin to be more valuable than around $150 to submit. For individuals like us that get things slabbed, we need to be more selective since we don't get the bulk submission rate. If the 1829 is cleaned, you would need to submit to ANACS or it will not get graded. Then you'd be out the grading fee with the coin still not in a slab. So, in a nutshell, if you have your heart set on slabbing the coins, I would recommend ANACS. This is just my opinion for your circumstance.
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 Posted 02/08/2008  4:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gbchaosmaster to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Stay away from that dealer is right! The coin's melt value is almost $20 alone, and a decent grade Morgan dollar without a key date is worth over 30 dollars. I'd use PCGS, but NGC works *almost* just as well.
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Dealers like those give the business a bad name.
However, I would still follow the suggestions that I, along with a few here have given you. Don't slab the coins you posted. They are common date coins and not worth the extra cost of certification.
A lot of novices, myself included, felt the need to slab a lot of coins when I first started. Now, I just limit it to key/semi-key dates that are worth the high cost of doing so.
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