Resource For Valuing Graded Coins

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Canadian Banknotes listed the two best places to go to determine value. If you have any coins that are in a protected holder called a "slab" that have a grade assigned to them, especially if the grading company is PCGS, you can also go to www.pcgs.com/prices. I would only use these prices for coins graded by PCGS, otherwise stick with the other two places.

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Thank you for the leads.

When I visit Numismedia, the prices stop at MS60.

Am I doing something wrong or do you have to subscribe to get the 60-70 grade prices?

When you chooses the type of coin in Nummesta the it brings you to g4 to ms 60 there is a tab at the top for ms 61-70

Thanks for that guys, but the prices numsimedia seem a little low compared to that popular online auction site.

But then again, that online auction site has a lot of coins that may be bid up by family members or who-ever, so as a guide for pricing coins, it's not the best option.

If you go to the sold section and see the coins that are
re-listed, you will know what I mean. I use to track vintage hockey cards and it was amazing the cards that sold for big bucks, only to be re-listed. Of course, some may have been due to being un-paid but I doubt all were.

Which online auction site? ebay?

I assume your looking in completed listings? If yes, that doesn't only list sold items, it also lists ones that just didn't sell.. Some buyers have extremely unrealistic buy it now prices and will keep being relisted. Lol, alot of people think there items are way more valuable than they really are..

To get the accurate idea of real time pricing from ebay you only use the completed listings that are marked as sold. Many the time just ran out and nobody bought them because of unrealistic prices.

numismedia is really quite accurate, actually I find there prices to be on the high side on many examples. With a little patience and effort you should be able to buy almost every coin in there for less than they list it at.

Another thing to remember is that coins with amazing eye appeal, monster rainbow toning etc almost always carry a premium over the listed prices. So when comparing your coin with ones there for values try to find some grades the same that have similar eye appeal.. In other words make sure our not comparing your regular blast white coin to a deeply toned coin that's sure to bring a premium, or vice versa.

Also for numismedia if you click on the specific date you want it will list grades G-the highest known example and compare market prices/changes over the last year.

Another good site you should check out is photograde.com. made by PCGS, and it shows examples of every coin in every grade, quite useful when learning to grade, not absolutely perfect and precise but a great reference none the less.

I agree that arent dead on accurate more of a ball park usually.

It seems that if an item is common theyre a little high for ebay pricing, but if its something thats hard to find they generally end up being on the low side.

Than again in fairness to them price guides were never really meant for those things that only come up for sale every couple months or longer.