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Posted 11/01/2011 10:44 am
You could probably trade five 25th sets for one 1995-W in a PCGS PR69 slab. Recent Heritage auctions put the coin at between $2500 and $3200 including buy & sell fees ($2100-$2700 to seller).
I ordered five sets, each in it's own box (extra $20 for shipping) but I have no plans to sell, at least anytime soon. I will probably end up opening a box every few years just for the thrill of discovery. I certainly will not grade any coins that are headed into my collection. I have only had one coin graded and that was my 2009 silver proof die error quarter at PCGS. They botched that so bad that it turned me off TPGs completely. To me, it seems like they are not interested in spending any real time examining a coin even when they are specifically paid to do so (like my error coin). Even their new services for high end coins put more faith in imaging and computing than human evaluation. I have no reason to have someone else confirm my evaluation of my coins and no intention of paying them to do so. After all, modern issues from the US mint are pretty easy to grade. Is it a 69 or is it a 70? 68 and lower on anything but annual uncirculated and circulation strikes is rare and now that they have blurred the distinction between uncirculated and circulation coins grading those with any accuracy is pointless because very high grade circulation strikes can no longer be distinguished from average uncirculated strikes. Anyway, the odds that I will ever sell one of the unopened boxes is very low and I probably won't unless the price is impossible to refuse or other circumstances warrant.
One more of my orders has gone off hold and is in process, the first one. Now only the second of five is on hold and, of course, all ship dates have incremented this morning except my ATB order, which has lost its date and changed to in stock and reserved. My CC has been charged for that coin as well, which is supposed to (according to the FAQs) mean that the item is shipping today but I doubt that will happen based on past performance. Anyway, things continue to happen. Shout out when one of your anniversary set orders goes "in stock".
I ordered five sets, each in it's own box (extra $20 for shipping) but I have no plans to sell, at least anytime soon. I will probably end up opening a box every few years just for the thrill of discovery. I certainly will not grade any coins that are headed into my collection. I have only had one coin graded and that was my 2009 silver proof die error quarter at PCGS. They botched that so bad that it turned me off TPGs completely. To me, it seems like they are not interested in spending any real time examining a coin even when they are specifically paid to do so (like my error coin). Even their new services for high end coins put more faith in imaging and computing than human evaluation. I have no reason to have someone else confirm my evaluation of my coins and no intention of paying them to do so. After all, modern issues from the US mint are pretty easy to grade. Is it a 69 or is it a 70? 68 and lower on anything but annual uncirculated and circulation strikes is rare and now that they have blurred the distinction between uncirculated and circulation coins grading those with any accuracy is pointless because very high grade circulation strikes can no longer be distinguished from average uncirculated strikes. Anyway, the odds that I will ever sell one of the unopened boxes is very low and I probably won't unless the price is impossible to refuse or other circumstances warrant.
One more of my orders has gone off hold and is in process, the first one. Now only the second of five is on hold and, of course, all ship dates have incremented this morning except my ATB order, which has lost its date and changed to in stock and reserved. My CC has been charged for that coin as well, which is supposed to (according to the FAQs) mean that the item is shipping today but I doubt that will happen based on past performance. Anyway, things continue to happen. Shout out when one of your anniversary set orders goes "in stock".
Edited by clairhardesty
11/01/2011 11:05 am
11/01/2011 11:05 am
