Because all my copper IHCs come with a RD/RB/BN attribute, I went to the PCGS Price Guide. I don't believe the total value I came up with. (I couldn't find a statement as to how PCGS arrived at those values.) Can someone give me an approximate adjustment I should apply to the PCGS figures that will bring them down to real world values?
Shades of Robert Chambers and the coin vault........danged if you could figure out which price guide that guy was using. PCGS price guides are always way over the top. Time to roll up the sleeves and check ended auction listings on Heritage and the like.
You can offer them right here. If they're all PCGS certified, their Price Guide is how they're figuring their market for their certified coins. I'd list the coins at their Price Guide, adjusting up or down for special market factors, like toning, then solicit offers on the set. I'm thinking you don't want to mess with individual sales, which of course could get rather involved. The prices in the Price Guide adjusted for the special factors would be your ceiling, approach it like that. Determining fair market value doesn't have meaning, really, it's your bidders that have meaning. Establish your ceiling for them and let them go at it. Take what you think is a reasonable offer.
