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New Member
United States
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Is PCGS a good guide to go by on coin price or you use some other price soures
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. No. Much too high. Check ebay sold values. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
Yes but I don't use their assigned value. I look at the auction results on the PCGS guide to help determine a coin's value. This includes Heritage, ebay, Stacks, David Lawrence, etc. I can then drill down and compare the coins to the one I'm considering buying or own. It's probably my #1 go-to price guide for that reason. I also look back at the Heritage website for their history of coins sold at auction. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I go by price guide (thats about 20 years old)
Well seriously these are ok sources of information on catalogue numbers and mintage figures.
The values are retail figures so I always reckon its worth about half that amount.
As said above the most accurate way is to look at the market... if you can biy as many as you want at $50 then it doesn't matter if the book says $80 you aren't getting it.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Don't forget it's to the TPG's benefit to inflate prices and they grab it with both hands. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Nope. Use ebay and Heritage. |
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Valued Member
United States
219 Posts |
Basically any catalog, in my opinion, is higher than FMV. (Besides Greysheet). Use ebay sold listings or auction prices for reference. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you all great information
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
One other note. Price guides serve only a general percentage of value. In other words, if you have a particular coin of interest and you use Heritage sold for prices you will notice that the "same" coin in the "same" grade may have HUGE differences for the actual selling price.
Those differences almost always depend on the eye appeal of the coin over and above the numerical grade. In short, there is no price guide that will cover every coin type and grade because of those eye appeal deviations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and NO...much inflated on most coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
I will use PCGS prices sometimes as a not to exceed on high end for the grade (CAC) and coins with color or attractive toning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3469 Posts |
I never sell coins but if I could get PCGS prices for them I might consider selling them all.
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United States
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Like the Red Book, I think those prices represent the upper limit of retail. |
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Posted 07/23/2017 1:47 pm
