PCGS charges $70 + shipping. Holy crap.
I usually join their Platinum Club each year I want to get coins graded. It is $249. You receive a bunch of things, including 8 submissions. This brings the price down to about $32 a coin.
Yeah, the vouchers give $40 off per coin, which is the cost of their Regular Tier service... a nice bonus I guess
And yes, $70 grade fee (mandatory for crypto/bitcoin related items), $10 handling fee, $10 ship to fee and $27 return shipping fee (more if you have more coins/over certain value)
Don't know if I was told correctly, but I was told by PCGS I couldn't use the vouchers to subtract from the $70 because Express was in a higher tier than Regular. From 14 Feb 2025:
"Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Care.
Our Gold and Platinum Membership Vouchers are only valid for the Regular service for coins valued $2,500 or less. This would not qualify for Special Issues or Express service."
Did something change between then and now?
Maybe... from what I get, PCGS customer service is all over the place.. zero consistency.
I sent in a Kialara for another collector and they slabbed it backwards... collector contacted PCGS and they replied that the original submitter requested this.
LIES!! lol.. why would I do that? again... showing that it's all a money grab for them.
Zero consistency.
And for the vouchers, I could swear that they allowed you to use them using the online submission form.. but I am probably wrong, as I still see 2x unclaimed vouchers in my account.
I submitted eight physical bitcoins last year and the year before. No problems at all. The vouchers covered them. I did not ask for any special services (errors, etc.)