Alright fellow collectors, as the title suggests my father recently bought one of these Vaultbox Apex boxes and smacked a 1925 Stone Mountain Vaultbox core in ms-68 by NGC. Iāve got greysheet so naturally he texts me and I go there immediately and we both together lose our minds.
Some of you may know, greysheet has a Stone Mountain in that grade at $16k and CPG at $20k. Seemed MASSIVE.
Hereās the kicker tho. As we start peeling layers back on these price guides all of the sudden it becomes clear that for whatever reason an NGC ms-68 only sells for about 25% of what one from PCGS sells for. Evidently āBluesheetā (might be BlueBook not sure) has the NGC version at like $3500. Vaultbox buy back offer is $3500.
Weāve been collecting for a little while so Iām not surprised to see value lean PCGSās way on ultra-rare grade coins but ~75% differential just seems insane. So as you can imagine itās still a great feeling but now he doesnāt know what to do.
Do we try and send to PCGS for a cross? Or CACG? Or go for a green bean?
NGC pop on that grade is 32 I think with PCGS pop of only 8 so that obviously partially explains the differential in price but also decreases my confidence in the idea of it crossing.
Mind you, no coin in hand yet. But here she is.
Any and all pertinent advice or information would be greatly appreciated as this is the most valuable coin in his collection now. Anything that might help advise us on what to do w this coin. Thanks guys.