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Pillar of the Community
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I was wondering if PCGS Coinfacts is worth the $99 per year. What information can I get from it that is special to coinfacts? Is it better than other sources (ie NGC Coin Explorer)? Is it worth the cost?
Edit: maybe even some personal experiences of its benefits? Edited by coinlover168
01/26/2015 5:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I signed up for the free 10 day trial, and I've been using it for a few days now. I am liking it so far, and the access to all the TrueView images is a real plus. I have until the 31st to sign up and lock in the $99/year price. Starting February 1st the annual price jumps to $149.99. That's a pretty big increase, so I might pull the trigger on it.
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I have until the 31st to sign up and lock in the $99/year price. Starting February 1st the annual price jumps to $149.99. That's a pretty big increase, so I might pull the trigger on it. That's what I was thinking too. I just wanted to get thoughts on if it's worth the $99 or not. |
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It isn't, in my view. Somehow I always manage to find the info I seek without it, so I don't know what it would add.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's kind of like having a Red Book, Public Auction History, PCGS Pop Reports, thousands of fantastic coin images and more wrapped into one easy to use website. I've been using CoinFacts for about 4 years now and once you get used to it, it kind of spoils you. As SD noted most of the info is available on various other websites for free. Heritage Auction Archives come quickly to mind and are a great resource as well. It boils down to convenience and how much $99 is worth to you. I probably save 10 hours a month by having everything (nearly everything) consolidated in one website rather than searching through books, magazines, and webpages. To me that's worth $9/month. |
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Doesn't PCGS already have an auction prices realized page that not many people know about( http://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices)? Is the Coinfacts data more updated and accurate than that? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Doesn't PCGS already have an auction prices realized page that not many people know about( http://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices)? Is the Coinfacts data more updated and accurate than that? Good find. It appears to be the same data in a touch different format. Are you able to pull it up with no PCGS membership of any kind? If you are then keep it under your hat, PCGS will start charging for it - that's a big chunk of CoinFacts "offering". |
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BH1964, I am a submission member but I accessed it without logging in.  I am also interested in the condition and survival census. Are they useful or accurate? |
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It boils down to convenience and how much $99 is worth to you. I probably save 10 hours a month by having everything (nearly everything) consolidated in one website rather than searching through books, magazines, and webpages. To me that's worth $9/month. That's a really good point; I spend a ton of time researching for posts here. Quote:
am also interested in the condition and survival census. Are they useful or accurate? I would suspect that PCGS is in as good a position as any to make intelligent estimates of such things, so I'd consider their figures to be pretty good. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Imagine what and/or how many coins you could buy with that.
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Imagine what and/or how many coins you could buy with that. I do.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I didn't sign up. Too many purchases this week.
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Pillar of the Community
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I signed up. The information was useful and conveniently compiled, especially for mobile use.
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Pillar of the Community
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I decided to upgrade my Adobe account to CC instead of signing up for coinfacts after the free 10 day trial ended. For the same price, basically, I now have the latest versions of Photoshop and Lightroom running on any computer I choose to use at home, Mac or Windows. (Creative Cloud is even cheaper than the old renewal prices I seemed to pay Adobe each year anyways).
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I definitely think it's worth it, just as a quick reference, with great images and MOST of the public auction results.
However, it's important to actually check out the auctions they reference. Very different coins get lumped into the same pricing algo.
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You get a free trial of Coinfacts without needing to sign up for anything. You get a limited number of free page views and it's over.
Until you clear your cookies. ------ Can I say that here?
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Posted 01/26/2015 7:44 pm
