1857 Proof Half Cent Price Jump On PCGS Price Guide

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jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4691 Posts	Posted 02/06/2022 4:39 pm The 1857 Proof Half Cent price on PCGS Price Guide has nearly doubled in price since last update. Is this a mistake, or driven by recent sales? There is no report on the PCGS site of recent sales, but they don't report everything. Anyone on this forum have any insight on this? Thank You. Report this Post to the Staff

Winesteven Pillar of the Community United States 697 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 12:25 am About a year ago, PCGS hired the very well qualified Mark Ferguson to take over and be in charge of the PCGS Price Guide. He's been updating all series using auction sales data on a regular basis. Here's the PCGS announcement of the most recent series's that have been updated, which as you can see includes Proof Braided Hair Half Cents. Congrats to those of us that have the Half Cents needed. To those still hunting, "you snooze, you lose". Quote: Recent Website Updates Price Guide: Updates were made to PR Braided Hair Half Cents; PR Three Cent Silvers; PR Shield nickels; MS Bust Half Dimes; MS Flowing Hair Half Dimes; MS Draped Bust Half Dimes; MS Capped Bust Half Dimes; MS Capped Bust Dimes; and PR Kennedy half dollar Varieties. Steve A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 Edited by Winesteven 02/07/2022 12:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 12:37 am Quote: Congrats to those of us that have the Half Cents needed. To those still hunting, "you snooze, you lose". Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
Winesteven Pillar of the Community United States 697 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 12:52 am To be somewhat clearer, I personally don't own ANY Proof Half Cents of ANY design, and have no intention of purchasing any. The few Half Cents I own are all business strikes. Steve A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 Edited by Winesteven 02/07/2022 12:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
apcol258 Valued Member United States 202 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 08:24 am 1857 Half Cent in PR 65 BN: CDN CPG Retail: $8,000 NGC: $8,250 Last auction appearance in January 2022: $6,775 PCGS: $15,250 The PCGS price guide seems to be the outlier by quite a margin. Report this Post to the Staff
Winesteven Pillar of the Community United States 697 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 08:41 am I'm guessing, but: 1. Maybe since it's a thin market with not a lot of sales, they're looking at sales of other dates too, including sales in several grades, to obtain a "generalization" among a group of dates with somewhat similar pops? 2. It's possible the sale in January 2022 MAY have been too recent to have included in their data base? 3. Maybe, as you suspect, they just messed up? Steve A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 10:44 am Glad I chose NOT to collect proofs. Too expensive. I've got a full date set of Braided Hair business strike Half Cents. AND According to both Fuhrman's and Grellman's books there are no varieties. Everything is listed as C-1 (Cohen-1). Report this Post to the Staff
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