Large Cent Values

It is Rusty I'm doing business with, Vermontensium. The other I like is Northern Nevada Coin, which has a shop also in Carson City and Mindon-Gardnerville.

He is a contributor to the Red Book. He has a lot of Carson City silver dollars for sale. He gives you personal service.

I have to agree with amida17.

I don't know what he's going off of but I use combo of greysheet/numismedia (guides only) and auction results on higher graded coins.
In your case, see what G-VG coins hammer at on ebay and there you go.

Of course rarer Sheldon varieties will command a premium for those that collect all the S #'s.

Quite a few big name dealers seem to be holding out for very high retail prices. I don't understand it since their credentials don't enhance the coin itself. Sometimes it seems that better deals are off the well traveled path at lesser dealers and shops.

Again, thanks for your opinions, everybody.

Using the Red Book for prices is rather like thinking a used car salesperson is honest. Although I do use one for prices but it is a 2010 edition. The main problem with the Red Book prices are for some reason they are way, way overly done. Usually enough that a 5 year old version is more reliable in prices. IF that dealer uses a 2015 or 2016 edition, and his prices exceed that, you may as well just throw your money away. If you could ever find a coin show, I think you'ld be amazed at how much cheaper you could find those.

<- Former used car salesperson. 100% dishonest. Err. Honest. Yeah, that's it ;) Typo there.

The buyers were at least as "honest" as we were: "No, it was never in a wreck." "Yeah, I did all the maintenance." "No, it's problem free." "I don't have any money for a down payment." "I can only afford $300 per month." "I can get a better deal somewhere else." "My trade-in's worth way more than what you're offering me."

I worked for a fairly reputable dealer with some semblance of ethical standards; but I've heard the horror stories (and experienced one or two myself). We never threw anyone's keys on the roof or parked their trade-in 2 blocks away, or told someone we had a car but "we just sold it before you got here", that kind of junk.

Of course, with most of your business (= your income) coming from referrals and repeat buyers, being dishonest with your customers guarantees a severe shortage of customers before long. You might get them once, but they'll never buy anything from you again, and they'll tell everyone they know how dishonest you are, and most people know a lot of other people. ;)

Same thing with coin dealers: You can take advantage of most buyers once, and some buyers twice, but very few for a third time. And if you get to "third time" repeatedly, you'll probably be out of business really, really soon, and justly so.