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Valued Member
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Try making him a fair offer.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you all for your advice. I hate paying more than the trends for any coin but after seeing the amount of problem and details graded coins on ebay, I thought that making an offer between his asking price and PCGS value would be fair to both of us. I offered $170 and the seller accepted. So I won't lose any sleep over paying $10 above retail for a straight graded coin with pleasant eye appeal. |
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Congrats! I have no problem paying more than what any pricing guide says for a coin if it has eye appeal and there aren't any others on the market that are similar and cheaper. Price guides definitely don't take eye appeal into account, nor could they.
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Looks like a good buy! Good work negotiating and congrats on the new acquisition!
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I think you did very well on this coin as it has huge eye appeal. It's unfortunate that so many of the reeded edge bust halves on the market, especially on ebay, have been messed with, whizzed, cleaned, polished or are just plain butt ugly. It's nice to see a refreshing coin with huge eye appeal find a good home! Congrats! |
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Well bought, congrats !
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Congratulations! You got a great coin, and in my opinion, based on the eye appeal of THAT coin, the $170 you paid was an excellent value!
My late wife passed away six years ago at age 64 suddenly with no medical warning. That put many things in life into a different perspective for me, including the pleasure I derive from numismatics. In the past, I thought exactly like you did when you posted your question. I would not "overpay" for a coin, figuring another one would come along soon.
After my wife of 46 years passed away, I saw things differently. If a coin came along with real nice eye appeal that I really wanted for my collection, I wouldn't allow a "premium" of 10% or 20% to keep me from getting that coin. In your example I would have done just as you did - make a reasonable and fair offer. Even if this listing didn't offer the option of "Make an Offer", I would have messaged the seller (or do "detective work" to figure out how to contact the seller directly) to make a fair offer. But if that offer was rejected, in the case of this coin, I would have then agreed to pay the $195. I would then have had a problem-free eye appealing coin that I really wanted.
Comments by others above are correct - the PCGS Price Guide is only a guide, and probably represents retail prices of "average" coins for the grade. Coins with above average eye appeal for the grade are truly worth more. In my opinion, smart collectors recognize that, and they will regularly pay more than the retail guide for superior coins for their collection!
Happy Hunting!
Steve
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996Edited by Winesteven
10/09/2022 07:04 am
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I say this is a great looking coin. Congratulations on the purchase.
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Congrats on the purchase.
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Well done!  |
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Valued Member
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Also, in a rising market, the price guides are based upon past sales and may not reflect current market conditions.
Quality coins are worth a premium. Don't compromise on quality.
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Maybe don't get hung up on Numbers. If you like it-buy it. Money comes and goes; nice coins-not so much. If you buy on-line, it is very easy to see what your "replacement cost" is, and figure it out from that.
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Thanks all for your input. I'm pleased to have it in hand for the total cost of $170. It actually looks a little better in hand but I concur with the the VF-20 grade. I'm glad that I had the patience to wait for a problem free example at the right price.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Congratulations on your acquisition! IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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