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For my Barber dime collection I am only buying PCGS slabbed certified coins mostly in the 40 to 55 range. Typically when I find one that fits the hole in my collection I verify the certificate number to the PCGS website and check the price there. Lately the asking price on the coins seem well in excess of the PCGS "listed" price. PCGS has it at $50 and the ask is $70 or $75. Not just occasionally, as happens, but almost all the time. Anyone else noticed this? Is the interest in these increasing? And in lower grades? It would make sense to me in MS but AU or even VF? I'm not seeing this on the other coins I collect, Morgans, Trade dollars, modern Silver Eagle Proofs, just the Barber dimes. |
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Most of the time PCGS & NGC values their slabs too high,so I don't know what's going on with the pricing. John1  |
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Yes usually the price they list is 10% to 20% more than the going rate which is why these seem odd to me
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Yes usually the price they list is 10% to 20% more than the going rate I was going to say 30%-40% too high in a lot of cases of more common TPG coins. Why I don't slab many coins any more, after shipping costs and variety fees (most of my collecting is done with die varieties). I'm looking at spending $40-55 per coin to have them graded and slabbed (which many times they come in at a lower grade than I think they deserve or get detailed, when they shouldn't. I can't justify spending $50 additional per coin when I'm collecting coins in the under $500 range. Just too much money to throw away for nothing, as I trust my own grading and authentication for the coins I mostly buy. TPG's don't do much for my collecting, but I understand them them pretty well, I have many friends that either used to or still do grade for them, and my experience in the coin hobby for so many decades now, lends my experience level fairly high. I will always want certain "rare" coins slabbed in a top tier TPG holder though. If not solely for the protection the slab provides, but the ease of resale to a much broader audience. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Sounds about right. But if you are any thing like myself, eye appeal out-weighs that slight difference in actual price. As for the series, I have it completed- minus that elusive 1894s (shallow pockets), in raw circulated. Average grade of EF across them all.
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Nice barbers have never really been cheap and barbers are one of the series that a lot of people have complained about guide inaccuracies. ASEs without color and Morgans without color or some wild VAM or higher grades are essentially traded more like commodities with tight price ranges. Also just remember when buying online if there's "free" shipping that will be priced in as well so that can be a couple of those dollars. Edited by basebal21
01/03/2019 12:02 am
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This one is typical PCGS has it at $39 the seller is asking $60 https://www.ebay.com/itm/362487815396For most Barber dimes I look at the seller is asking 25% to 50% more than PCGS has them valued at. Most other coins I am looking to buy (Morgans, Modern Silver Eagles, $5 Gold) are 5% to 15% less than the PCGS value |
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Heritage prices are MUCH more realistic than ebay's. |
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Posted 01/02/2019 1:04 pm
