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Valued Member
Canada
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Given the market right now, what would you think is a fair price if I was to purchase a set of F12 Victorian 50 cents that excludes the 1870 no LCD, 1872 A/V, and 1890H?
This would exclude any obverse variations etc. Just the most common versions, but including both year and yearH dates.
In other words,
Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Full trends for a full set not including any varieties or the three dates you mentioned is $4090. A good chunk of which comes from the 1894 and 1899 (Semi-keys). If raw, I would pay no more than $3000 for the set, although I am sure that there are many who will pay up to 90% of trends. Victorian Halves probably sell closer to trend than any other series of Canadian Coinage and are probably the most popular for intermediate to advanced collectors.
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07/17/2015 11:55 am
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 Canada
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A pleasing matched group all in strict Fine 12 is way tougher than one thinks. A knowledgeable seller could easily sell this for close to full CCN trends or MORE. This is especially true with the falling( rapidly) Canadian Dollar. A nice group like this would probably end up with a U.S. Collector. As stated these are very popular with intermediate to advanced collectors.
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At a show I recently came across quite a nice grouping problem free F-VF Victorian halves... The dealer was asking a bit above CV and wouldn't budge on the prices... The dealer basically said the same thing as Pacific... (Actually his exact words were 'Anything below Trends is giving these away!')
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United States
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I was glad to read this thread and learn that Victorian halves are holding their value at or close to trends. I have the whole basic set, not including all of the different obverse varieties and have been trying to upgrade, without success (the coins are not out there).
To the OP, I hope you get the coins. Victorian halves are the cat's meow....Rowrrrrr!
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Canada
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https://www.jandm.com/images/jm-ICC...15-05-21.pdf Scroll down to page 15 and see just how many ICCS examples are selling for close to Trends, virtually none, and these are not raw coins. I think zxcccxz's value of $3000 is on the mark. P.S. For a real eye opener look at their prices for PCGS Victorian halves, some are listed at barely more than 50% of Trends
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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07/17/2015 3:00 pm
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Canada
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Remember TRENDS is based on ICCS graded coins. PCGS grading on early Canadian Victoria is usually way off based on my experience. Not a Vicky set but a few years ago a guy at a Seattle show had a set of EdwardVII halves all matched as to colour and grade they were all VF . He sold the group for 25 per cent over. CCN trends and could have sold it to three different guys.
Come to think of it , I have never seen a matched set of nice circulated Vickies offered for sale. The odd date in real never messed with Fine VF but never a set. These are almost always encountered with some difficulty or other,usually edge knocks ,cleaned or repaired.. I have a feeling you could collect a life time for this one.
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A matched set would indeed attract a good price but the OP says nothing about a "matched" set. In fact without the 1890H it's not a set, it's a bunch.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
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Thanks for the good opinions and advice.
In for a penny, in for a pound I suppose - now I'm adding the scarcer ones to my list.
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