A Site That Lists Real Time Prices For Coins

Here is what I see with Morgan dollars in MS-63 prices:

Coinvalues.us -vs- Greysheet
1881-O $40 (-14) Greysheet $27/$30
1885-CC DMPL $880(+25) Greysheet $960
1889-CC $34500 Greysheet $25000/$27000
1895-O $35600 Greysheet $40000/44000.

Doesn't look that much different from any other online price guide.

Here are a few highlighted comments from their site:

Bes ure to read our disclaimer about prices and values
All of our source prices are based on real life transactions. Only completed public transactions are included ensuring that the prices reflect the real world retail environment
Coin Values reflect averages over time using statistical methods

I could not fine the "disclaimer" mentioned, but overall it seems like any other run of the mill price guide.

Prices listed on ebay and Heritage are pretty good if taken in context.

1st ebay. Low end material (G-XF) go for crazy money. I constantly see low grade Indian cents sell on ebay for $2 and better. Coins that sell in ANY Coin Shop for 40 cents. While better slabbed material brings less than MOST dealers would pay.

2nd Heritage. Heritage routinely sees prices that are at Dealer bid. I believe it is one of the best online auction sites, but you also have to take into consideration that their "online only" bids are quite different than "floor person" auctions. If When buying coins, I would use the internet auctions by Heritage. Selling, I ONLY use "floor" auctions.

Now of course this only applies to "Collector" grade coins. Rare coins are a breed of their own and have a far different set of rules.

Daniel, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. My above post (which I have edited to make it clearer) was not referring to any gaps in your site. Quite frankly, I think your site is awesome. I was referring to the OP's link that is actually called Coinvalues.us.

Since Susan did not intentionally plug Daniel J. Goevert's site, http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/index.html I will.
This site is very well put together with loads of information. Anyone thinking about which coins "may or may not" have a future potential would do well to add this site to their research.

What a bunch of c**p! Now I don't know if I put up a good site, a bad site, if there are 2 sites or what.



Jerry

Jerry, there are two sites that have very similar names. The one you posted is coinvalues.us. Daniel's site is uscoinvalues. The comments I made above are about the site you posted. It's a good site, but I saw some gaps that I'm sure they'll fill in eventually. Daniel's site is more comprehensive.

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Originally posted by Morgan Fred
I'm also wondering who puts out the website. Although the author gives a fairly detailed biography of himself, I didn't see his name anywhere.

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His name is Jorg. It's actually at the botom of the page but I can see how it would be easily missed. I have known him online for years and he is a good guy. Very stand up and a good writer too. He is also converting old issues if The Numismatist into electronic format:

http://www.ancientcoinvalues.com/24.html

I've never even heard about the Electronic Numismatist! How long has he been doing this project?



Jerry