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New Member
Malaysia
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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year and/or Mintmark and/or Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title.  ***Hi, I m wondering if my Buffalo nickel is advisable to be slabbed not with its current condition ? Please advice me, give comments, suggestions or opinions.    
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10515 Posts |
Nice buffalo but it's a very common date and not really worthy of grading. Looks like scratches on both sides.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
In a word no .
Cost more than the coin is worth.
These exist by the thousands in 65
through 67 . Readily available slabbed .
They were saved in up to bag quantities.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1613 Posts |
Nice mint state with an oh so close split tail. I'm inclinded to agree with Marve, the cost to send it off (plus what you paid for the coin) would be close to what an already graded one trades for. Ultimately, this is my opinion/observation, and the decision your's alone.
Thanks for sharing that beauty!
ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
Every recognizable coin is fit to be graded. Yours looks MS/AU details with a few scratches - a high grade with slight problems. It would not be economical to have an expensive 3rd party grader grade your coin. They have bills and shareholders to pay. But here on the CCF, grading opinions are free, and voluntary, and of differing degrees of quality. But yes, your coin is fit to be graded here. Welcome to the community. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74015 Posts |
Nice coin, but not worth slabbing.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36741 Posts |
AU-58, save your money on grading fees.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18660 Posts |
your coin would most likely not grade straight due to the scratches.
there are only 2 reasons to grade a coin and this will give an idea of the cost 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.
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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6496 Posts |
Panzaldi, I think the grading psychology comes from adjacent collectibles like comic books and baseball cards. Also, grading does allow people to share their coins and registry sets on the Internet. I would say that the grading companies have done a phenomenal marketing job convincing people of the necessity of their service.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would say that the grading companies have done a phenomenal marketing job convincing people of the necessity of their service. this is so true. individuals that are just starting in the hobby or just have a coin thats older, think their coin needs professionally graded with no idea what these companies charge for their services. They do have their place for higher end coins and authentication. there are ways to reduce the costs like with PCGS where you can purchase a higher subscription that comes with vouchers but for the average person this just doesn't make sense. I dont ever see this changing as its so ingrained everywhere you look. I do my best to let these folks know they are not the end all be all. I'm glad to see folks posting coins like this on our forum before wasting money on slabbing a coin if its not necessary. for me, if I have a nice coin that does not need authenticated, I'll put it in my type set. I guess I'm old school that I like to see my coins in an album next to each other. I think that comes from the early days of collecting where it was gratifying to fill a hole and completing an album. many just from circulation. |
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Moderator
United States
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Nice example. Keep it raw. |
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