PCGS Coinfacts good or bad ??

I know they have a ton of great info on us coins and sale price, do they also have info of equal quality info on foreign coin sale prices ?? Also is it worth the 10 or so dollars a month to have it ? Please let me know pros and cons !!

 

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I pay the money and given the coins I buy it has more then paid for itself in my experience. If you only buy a hundred dollars a year then consider passing.

 

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I pay the money I'm a us coins guy I use it minimum once a week to look up something I may buy. Well worth the money in my opinion especially when you can have prices weights mintage figures. Etc right on your phone

 

Well worth the money. One of the things I like best about it is you see the last 10 auction prices, 5 PCGS, 5 NGC. Many people use past auction results as a basis for their purchases.

 

I see coins at estate auctions all the time many times it's a good date in a series I'm not an expert in coinfacts is great to find the info on get a value and general diagnostics so I can feel confident bid on a nice coin that isn't in my major field of collecting its like having a coin encyclopedia in your cell phone. My only regret is not signing up sooner

 

I am considering getting it but i still can't find out if it has the foreign coin part or not ??

 

It's US coins only.

 

It looks like the average sale price seems to favor the PCGS slabed coin for this particular coin.

I'd be interested to see what the NGC price guide says for this coin in this grade.

 

With what I collect the price guide means little I love early coins trade dollars and 19th c proofs and love original patina and toning so you can see the same coin in the same grade and the toned original will bring far more often double or more then a similar dipped blast white example they figure a coin only on technical grade not eye appeal. Also a green bean will often make a difference in price especially on a early proof

 

Price guides are always wrong when it comes to eye appealing toners. Like them or not (and I love 'em) coins with beautiful NT/MA toning always exceed price guide pricing.

 

This is true, but for those investigating the NGC site may have a tougher time looking for the Numismedia price guide than the NGC Price Guide. It is less confusing to them to just call it what they list in their menu.

 

As far as the point you were trying to make I will respectfully disagree with you.

You quoted this from me:
I'd be interested to see what the NGC price guide says for this coin in this grade.

And responded with this:
What is called the NGC price guide, is NOT NGC's price guide. NGC merely borrows the Numismedia price guide.

I responded to you with a photo of the NGC Price Guide page and this:
This is true, but for those investigating the NGC site may have a tougher time looking for the Numismedia price guide than the NGC Price Guide. It is less confusing to them to just call it what they list in their menu.

No where in my first sentence you quoted did I mention the value of CoinFacts, or the NCC, PCGS and Numismedia price guide compared to the realized prices of HA. I was simply asking for a comparison of prices for a particular coin, in a particular grade between the PCGS and NGC price guides.
Your point with regards to my statement was that the NGC price guide was borrowed from the Numismedia price guide, which I agreed with, but also showed that if someone is looking for the NGC price guide it is listed as the NGC guide, not Numismedia.

Your other point is a valid one, but has nothing to do with what I was interested in.