Via Coins & Grading
Via Coins is committed to being a place for avid coin and paper currency collectors to buy genuine products at reasonable prices. We make no claims to be a coin grading service, any lettered grades we put on coins are simply there for customers to gauge the look of the coin or paper currency. This is why we don't accept any coins from customers asking us to grade their coins.
Over the past years coin and bill collecting has put an excessive emphasis on the grade a coin has. This type of coin grading can be very subjective and puts too high of a value on the coin. Collectors have noted taking coins between so-called big name coin grading companies and noticed different grades on the same coin. Others notice high volume and long time customers often receive higher grades than those that have just started or don't have loyalty to a company.
We do not follow in this business model nor do we put heavy emphasis on the grade of the product when determining what price it should go for. For those that really must know what the grade is, we follow the basic lettering system when determining the condition of the item.
P>AG>G>VG>F>VF>XF>AU>UN
- P=Poor
- AG=About Good
- G=Good
- VG=Very Good
- F=Fine
- VF=Very Fine
- XF=Extremely Fine
- AU=About Uncirculated
- UN=Uncirculated
Photography "In the right light, anything looks good"
Photography of coins and paper money is everywhere. Everyone certainly doesn't want a stock photo of a coin, with the hope that the one they receive looks like the photo online. People want the real deal, a photo of the actual product they are trying to buy. However, in this day and age, even that may be deceiving. Take a look at the four photos below, they are not doctored in any way from software. This is the same coin in every photo, not altered between shots.
All that changes here is the intensity and the direction of the lighting above. Poor lighting and bad camera angle can hide or show an imperfection on the surface of a coin, it doesn't matter how high quality the camera is.
Via Coins always take multiple photos of all the products we sell. We encourage you to look at all of them before making a purchase.