
Glory555, a couple things to help you out starting collecting. most collectors actually started by finding coins in circulation. pre 1970's it was easy to find older coins in circulation that had some value. silver was still in circulation and you could even find coins like indian head pennys, buffalos,
Standing Liberty quarters etc. today these are extremely rare to find in circulation. most coins you find today were minted in the billions making most of them worth just face value. they can be found as I've seen folks recently finding decent coins of some value but you are going to go through literally thousands of coins to find one if ever. I havent found anything in circulation worth anything in probably 40 years. keep looking but educate yourself. select a series that isn't that expensive and start there. for instance,
Washington quarters. this series is within reach of most folks starting out with only a couple coins that will cost a bit.
you can see pricing on PCGS pricing website
https://www.pcgs.com/pricesas for grading. just erase that from your brain. the chances you will ever find a coin in circulation thats worth grading is slim to none. here is the cost of grading at the top 3 third part grading companys (TPG's). example: to send a single coin to like PCGS would cost you about $100
first there are only two reasons to grade a coin
1. its a rare coin that needs authenticated and preserved
2. you are planning on selling the coin and the cost of acquisition plus the grading fee's would warrant it without chewing up all your profit
PCGS charges a minimum of $69 for a subscription other subscription levels include grading vouchers though so you could reduce these costs. add to the subscription cost, per coin grading cost which I think for this one might be $23, shipping & ins both ways (1-4 coins is $27 if the total value is under $1000)
NGC - economy grading tier is $22, plus $10 handling fee, plus $28 for shipping (1-5 coins).
ANACS grading would be $16 but there's a 5 coin minimum. Shipping would be $29-35.
i don't slab coins for these reasons especially the cost involved. I don't know why this is so popular today it just makes the grading companies wealthy. stay plugged in here to learn about coins