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Re: coin collecting, does anyone know how much it costs to get coins certified?

I started collecting about a year ago, and, by now, I see the value in having a certification number from one of the recognized grading services. Once that number is on the package the value goes up dramatically. Let's say I have 30 coins that I want certified by the NGC or PGCS, how much would something like that cost one (approx) ?

Public Comments

1. I believe it is expensive, like $10-20 bucks a coin, you might get a break with quantity, alot of times unless it is rare, perfect, silver/gold S mint, or off year, not worth it.
2. this is the price guide for pcgs. there may be a discount if you join, but I'm not sure of it. having a rare or semi rare (key) coin certified really takes the value up.
3. it depends on the value of the coins. Not all coins graded by PCGS or NGC go up in value when graded, low end Mint State coins are still cheap even in slabs. Dealers can't sell them for much, graded or not. Some people buy slabbed coins on eBay and pay way to much, in the end they will lose money when the sell. See a coin dealer for values on sending them in. You must belong to them or some dealer who does has to send them in for you. You will find the slab is not really greener on the other side in a lot of cases. See a coin dealer. Only rare circulated coins should be graded and to make sure they are real for common ones will have little value slabbed or not.
4. Too much. It is not worth it. After a coin is slabbed, only a retail buyer will pay more for it. If you end up selling it to a dealer, he will pay the same price, slabbed or not.