[WTS]Some coins, Casascius, Lealana, Crypto Imperator... UPDATED! - page 4.

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

It costs $21 plus shipping both ways to get a coin graded (minimum of 5 at a time). If a coin is of low quality then it probably would not make sense to get it graded and get a low grade.

I am not sure if something that gets a ms-64 is worth grading, but it probably is as 'ms' stands for "mint state'

Yes, it is a good grade.
Grades vary from 0-70, the higher the better. And the highest a Casascius has graded was MS-68 for a 0.1 Silver (Sold by me Sad

) brass usually grade lower than MS-67

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Quote from: master-P on March 15, 2015, 08:11:57 PM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:06:59 PM

Not trying to be a thread crapper or anything, but you can get a brass halve (casascius) for .8 BTC on camolist's thread and they are fresh off the roll.

His is graded already though, some people are willing to pay a premium for a graded coin.

@cyclops, I'm interested in the 2013 Lealana 1 LTC #1110 Series 1 Graded MS-64, are you firm on 0.15BTC?

Pretty firm yeah, having it graded and shipped back is expensive... and this is from the first series and a "low number"

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Quote from: Quickseller on March 15, 2015, 10:57:37 PM

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Quote from: Quickseller on March 15, 2015, 08:41:44 PM

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I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

It costs $21 plus shipping both ways to get a coin graded (minimum of 5 at a time). If a coin is of low quality then it probably would not make sense to get it graded and get a low grade.

I am not sure if something that gets a ms-64 is worth grading, but it probably is as 'ms' stands for "mint state'

The grading scale goes up to MS-70, with the 70 being considered a "perfect" coin, no nicks, scratches, defects, etc.

Generally speaking most coins/rounds of these series will grade MS-63 through MS-65. A lot depends on the original minting quality of the strike (how sharp the details are, if there's any weak areas of the die, etc), and whether it's been handled by folks out of the roll (outside of holding by the edges, which is the "proper" way to hold any coin).

People will grade low-quality coins as well, all depends, that's a larger discussion than for here.

In MS-64, it's a decent looking coin, and you'd really have to get a close up to see most defects.

Hope this helps.

So it sounds like anything between MS-63 and MS-65 should sell for roughly the same as an ungraded coin, assuming that the person selling the ungraded coin is reputable and who reputation is that who knows how to handle uncirculated coins.

Well, possibly, but not necessarily. Anacs is one of the cheaper grading companies, but still you're looking at easily $50+ to have a coin graded with shipping and insurance back and forth. It all depends on the situation and the seller, and all depends on the coin. At some point someone paid out of pocket for the grading and I think very reasonable to me if they are including the costs of grading in the overall price of the coin, resulting in a higher premium. It saves me the time and hassle of sending it out myself which is worth the extra.

Just like many other things, the subject of grading is a holy war. Me, I prefer it for a multitude of reasons, from simple verification of authenticity, to the fact that my own grading skills are not great and I'd rather take someone else's opinion who is an "expert" in the field.

All that being said, I would expect any graded coin to have a premium over the ungraded. How much is usually a sliding scale, with lower end grades being a smaller premium simply for the cost, and higher end being large due to the rarity.

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Quote from: TheAnalogKid on March 15, 2015, 10:43:31 PM

Quote from: Quickseller on March 15, 2015, 08:41:44 PM

Quote from: master-P on March 15, 2015, 08:33:14 PM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:27:45 PM

I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

It costs $21 plus shipping both ways to get a coin graded (minimum of 5 at a time). If a coin is of low quality then it probably would not make sense to get it graded and get a low grade.

I am not sure if something that gets a ms-64 is worth grading, but it probably is as 'ms' stands for "mint state'

The grading scale goes up to MS-70, with the 70 being considered a "perfect" coin, no nicks, scratches, defects, etc.

Generally speaking most coins/rounds of these series will grade MS-63 through MS-65. A lot depends on the original minting quality of the strike (how sharp the details are, if there's any weak areas of the die, etc), and whether it's been handled by folks out of the roll (outside of holding by the edges, which is the "proper" way to hold any coin).

People will grade low-quality coins as well, all depends, that's a larger discussion than for here.

In MS-64, it's a decent looking coin, and you'd really have to get a close up to see most defects.

Hope this helps.

So it sounds like anything between MS-63 and MS-65 should sell for roughly the same as an ungraded coin, assuming that the person selling the ungraded coin is reputable and who reputation is that who knows how to handle uncirculated coins.

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Quote from: Quickseller on March 15, 2015, 08:41:44 PM

Quote from: master-P on March 15, 2015, 08:33:14 PM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:27:45 PM

I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

It costs $21 plus shipping both ways to get a coin graded (minimum of 5 at a time). If a coin is of low quality then it probably would not make sense to get it graded and get a low grade.

I am not sure if something that gets a ms-64 is worth grading, but it probably is as 'ms' stands for "mint state'

The grading scale goes up to MS-70, with the 70 being considered a "perfect" coin, no nicks, scratches, defects, etc.

Generally speaking most coins/rounds of these series will grade MS-63 through MS-65. A lot depends on the original minting quality of the strike (how sharp the details are, if there's any weak areas of the die, etc), and whether it's been handled by folks out of the roll (outside of holding by the edges, which is the "proper" way to hold any coin).

People will grade low-quality coins as well, all depends, that's a larger discussion than for here.

In MS-64, it's a decent looking coin, and you'd really have to get a close up to see most defects.

Hope this helps.

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Quote from: cyclops on March 15, 2015, 04:50:58 PM

Only payment address ->> 14LKfuUtGziakUJ3wvWPAT7wUcQt541Fgj <<- (to avoid Scammers)

For sale:

Casascius:
2012 Casascius Brass 1 BTC UNFUNDED 0.10 BTC
2013 Casascius 0.5 BTC Brass Graded MS-64 1BTC

Lealana
2013 Lealana 1 LTC #1110 Series 1 Graded MS-64 0.15BTC

Other
x25 2014 Crypto Imperator 10k Doge Normal 0.11 BTC / each

2014 Crypto Imperator 100k Doge #22 (Only 25 made) 2 BTC

x2 Cryptovest 1LTC LIM ED 0.05BTC/each

I don't want to trade, only BTC.

PM if interested, if you don't like the price please make an offer. Pics under request.

2012 Casascius Brass 1 BTC UNFUNDED 0.10 BTC pic of this please ? I am very interested.

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Quote from: master-P on March 15, 2015, 08:33:14 PM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:27:45 PM

I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

It costs $21 plus shipping both ways to get a coin graded (minimum of 5 at a time). If a coin is of low quality then it probably would not make sense to get it graded and get a low grade.

I am not sure if something that gets a ms-64 is worth grading, but it probably is as 'ms' stands for "mint state'

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Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:27:45 PM

I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

I'm not really sure since I am not a pro so I don't know how well those coins generally grade. However, for some people such as myself, the cost of getting it shipped + graded easily justifies the premium price.

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Quote from: master-P on March 15, 2015, 08:11:57 PM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:06:59 PM

Not trying to be a thread crapper or anything, but you can get a brass halve (casascius) for .8 BTC on camolist's thread and they are fresh off the roll.

His is graded already though, some people are willing to pay a premium for a graded coin.

I guess that is fair enough. Is it difficult to get a MS-64 rating on a brass coin? Is that a good rating?

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Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 08:06:59 PM

Not trying to be a thread crapper or anything, but you can get a brass halve (casascius) for .8 BTC on camolist's thread and they are fresh off the roll.

His is graded already though, some people are willing to pay a premium for a graded coin.

@cyclops, I'm interested in the 2013 Lealana 1 LTC #1110 Series 1 Graded MS-64, are you firm on 0.15BTC?

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Quote from: cyclops on March 15, 2015, 04:50:58 PM

2013 Casascius 0.5 BTC Brass Graded MS-64 1BTC

Not trying to be a thread crapper or anything, but you can get a brass halve (casascius) for .8 BTC on camolist's thread and they are fresh off the roll.

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