(Repost) Was This VF20 1875-S/S Fs302 20cent Coin Worth Grading (Paid $200 For The Coin Raw)

Borderline, best for resale but you're out a chunk of change.

At least it straight-graded.

I'm confused. you are asking if you should have it graded but post TV photos from PCGS meaning the coin is already graded. at a $200 coin PCGS would cost about $100 to grade a coin like this unless you had vouchers

two reasons to slab
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.

CAC - $99 subscription ($50 grading credit), economy grading $15, gold $28, $40 shipping/handling/ins

i don't slab coins for these reasons especially the cost involved. I don't know why this is so popular today. just making the grading companies wealthy