Pre-EBAY- Bid Boards

In the 70's I continued collecting coins. Our local coin dealer would have a bid board and every week would attach a file card to about 20 coins. People could write their bids and the "auction" would close at 2:00 pm every Saturday afternoon. This is the way I purchased coins long before EBAY was around.

I had purchased a 10" x 12" Type Coin plastic holder from Capitol Plastics. My goal was to bid on and fill all of the holes in the holder. (Goal accomplished)

In the meantime I ended up with over 100 excess coins a sample of which are depicted here.

I have a question for all of you experts (because I am new to NGC). What criteria does one use to decide to send coins in for grading? I would hate to pay to have these coins graded if the cost is more than the worth.

Thanks for looking and sharing your expertise.

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